INDIA HELPS SRILANKA
SINGAPORE: The "rise of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air power in Sri Lanka is of concern to India also." Emphasising this, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in Singapore on Sunday that India "will give Sri Lanka reasonable support for that."
Commenting on his talks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama here on Saturday, Mr. Antony said he had conveyed India's willingness to extend "whatever possible help." He said the message to Sri Lanka was that "we are with you" on the issues of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity of the island-state.
At the same time, India expressed its preference for a "political solution" in Sri Lanka.
Patrolling
On Colombo's proposal for coordinated patrolling by the navies of the two countries along the maritime boundary in the Palk Straits, he said it was put across to Sri Lanka that India "will examine that."
Outlining Colombo's version of this conversation, Mr. Bogollagama noted, "Mr. Antony said they are examining it favourably."
So, it was inferred that an "agreement" had now been reached.
That could be seen as something "towards" or "leading to coordinated patrolling."
Mr. Antony has already affirmed that he had given "no commitment" to accept the proposal of coordinated patrolling.
At the conference, Mr. Bogollagama spoke about the threat to regional maritime security from the Sea Tigers.
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Yes it causes concern especially when India is giving soft loans and military aid to the Sri Lankan army to obliterate the LTTE...can"t they get it through their thick skulls that the LTTE represents the people of the north...how else can they continue to bear so much hardship and adversity and still fight against such outnumbering forces to defend their homeland...the sins of our forefathers need to be borne by the ignorant and arrogant present.
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Whether LTTE cause is just or not is a non-issue for India. LTTE have recently trained Maoist and other non-jihadi forces in India to destabilize the country so as to keep us busy , so that they don't feel the heat in a long run. LTTE leadership must be obliterated, otherwise these maniacs will be create the next "Kashmir" for us. Prabhakaran and all r lunatics and the LTTE is now a self-serving organization with an eternal war mindset. And it has to be destroyed. Tamil people's humanitarian situation can be dealt with in a democratic manner minus LTTE. Remember LTTE has killed so many Tamil leader not kowtowing to LTTE. Srilankans are vice and backstabbing people but LTTE is a bigger evil for India.
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