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RAW worked against Sri Lankan president
* Lankan minister says Indian govt, spy agency sometimes operates differently
COLOMBO: Indias external intelligence agency tried to undermine Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse at polls in January and wanted him defeated, a minister said in an interview published on Monday.
Nandana Goonathilake, the Sri Lankan minister of postal services, said the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Indias foreign intelligence service, had worked against Rajapakse at the January 26 vote even though the Indian government publicly supported him. How the RAW operates and the way that the government of India operates are sometimes very different, Goonathilake told the Daily Mirror newspaper in an interview. This is why I said though the Indian government was for President Rajapakse, particular (RAW) officials worked against him, he added, without elaborating.
Reconciliation: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, meanwhile, urged Sri Lankan leaders to open a new era of stability after the islands civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said on Monday.
Rao, on a visit to Colombo, told President Rajapakse that the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatist rebels last year could lead to a lasting solution to decades of ethnic conflict. Sri Lanka had a historic opportunity to initiate a process of political reconciliation where all communities in Sri Lanka can live in peace and harmony, Rao said in a statement. Rao also welcomed Sri Lankas moves to grant freedom of movement to tens of thousands of war-displaced Tamil civilians who were held in military-run camps. India, with its large Tamil population in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, shares close cultural and religious links with Sri Lanka. afp
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
* Lankan minister says Indian govt, spy agency sometimes operates differently
COLOMBO: Indias external intelligence agency tried to undermine Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse at polls in January and wanted him defeated, a minister said in an interview published on Monday.
Nandana Goonathilake, the Sri Lankan minister of postal services, said the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Indias foreign intelligence service, had worked against Rajapakse at the January 26 vote even though the Indian government publicly supported him. How the RAW operates and the way that the government of India operates are sometimes very different, Goonathilake told the Daily Mirror newspaper in an interview. This is why I said though the Indian government was for President Rajapakse, particular (RAW) officials worked against him, he added, without elaborating.
Reconciliation: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, meanwhile, urged Sri Lankan leaders to open a new era of stability after the islands civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said on Monday.
Rao, on a visit to Colombo, told President Rajapakse that the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatist rebels last year could lead to a lasting solution to decades of ethnic conflict. Sri Lanka had a historic opportunity to initiate a process of political reconciliation where all communities in Sri Lanka can live in peace and harmony, Rao said in a statement. Rao also welcomed Sri Lankas moves to grant freedom of movement to tens of thousands of war-displaced Tamil civilians who were held in military-run camps. India, with its large Tamil population in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, shares close cultural and religious links with Sri Lanka. afp
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
