India deploys Menon to talk tough

by admin
Jun 24, 2012

Picture: Daily Mirror

India's National Security Advisor to the Indian government, Shiv Shankar Menon, will be arriving in Sri Lanka later this week, to discuss New Delhi's concerns regarding various issues in "the strongest terms", reports Sri Lanka's Sunday Times.

In addition to raising the UNHRC resolution, adopted earlier this year, Menon will reportedly express "strong reservations" over the Sri Lankan government's increasingly anti-India stance and the "inflammatory" statements made by some ministers that India believes are "rousing communal passions" and "obstructing" reconciliation.  

Menon is also said to discuss demilitarisation of the North, with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

Last week, meeting Mahinda Rajapaksa at the sidelines of Rio +20, the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, stressed the importance of finding a political solution for the Tamils.

See also: Indo-SL ties will not shatter – Rajapakse to Manmohan Singh (22 Jun 2012) 

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