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Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 7.29 GMT |
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India assures maximum assistance for IDP
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India has expressed readiness to give
maximum assistance to Sri Lanka’s programmes
to provide relief and early resettlement of
the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) due
to terrorism of the LTTE.
This assurance was given to President
Mahinda Rajapaksa by India’s Foreign
Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and National
Security Adviser M. K. Narayan at a
breakfast meeting with the President at
Janadipathi Mandiraya, today, May 21.
They said the success of the government of
Sri Lanka in defeating the LTTE, considered
by many to be invincible was an example for
the battle against terrorism carried out in
many other countries, too.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Indian
delegation had extensive discussions on the
government’s current policies and programmes
to bring relief to the IDPs, improve their
livelihood standards, carry out resettlement
and the clearing of war ravaged areas for
development. The continued assistance from
India for this work was assured by the
Indian delegates.
Senior Advisor to the President Mr. Basil
Rajapaksa MP, the Indian High Commissioner
in Sri Lanka Alok Prasad and the Secretary
to the President Lalith Weeratunga
participated at this meeting.
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