Serious crisis in Sri Lanka, worry about spillover – Jaishankar
Sri Lanka is facing “a very serious crisis” that makes India naturally worried, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told an all-party meeting on Tuesday (July 19) and dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in India.
Jaishankar, who made the initial remarks, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were among the senior members of the government at the briefing, which was also attended by P Chidambaram and Manickam Tagore of the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Sharad Pawar and T. R. Baalu and M. M. Abdulla of the DMK.
“The reason we took the initiative to request you all to join an all-party meeting was…this is a very serious crisis and what we are seeing in Sri Lanka is in many ways an unprecedented situation,” Jaishankar said.
“It is a matter which pertains to a very close neighbour and given the near proximity, we naturally worry about the consequences, the spillover it has for us,” he added.
Jaishankar also said there have seen some “misinformed comparisons” in the context of Sri Lanka wherein some people have asked whether “can such a situation happen in India”.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades, with a severe foreign exchange shortage hampering the import of essentials, including food, fuel and medicines.
(PTI)
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Send the army and make the island part that is ruled under Indian law. If they cannot see the bigger picture and insisting on the pound of flesh, let then learn the lesson. It is very well possible there is a foreign hand deep down when look at the events that transpired over the last 12 – 15 months including the Russian plane fiasco, now nobody has any interest.
Jaishankar, how about for starters, having a dialog with Prez Ranil and sending the Gurkhas to ensure that the violent Anarchists, pseudo Marxist (criminals in disguise), certain covertly operating “foreign agents” (a threat to South Asia as a whole and not just to SL), all operating with unlimited funds from well known INGO/NGOs in Colombo, are all rounded up and dealt with? This is what Sirimavo did when the nation was coming apart in 1971 and looks like it’s time for an encore!
Gajendra,
Are you an MP in the Rudrakumara Tamil Govt in New York?