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Sri Lanka President Rejects India's Interference
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Monday that he had not promised India to implement a political solution which will see land and police powers being given to the provinces in Sri Lanka.
Meeting with local media executives in Colombo, Rajapaksa said that he will meet with political party representatives in Sri Lanka soon to discuss a political solution after talks with a key minority Tamil political party aimed at formulating a solution failed to see any progress.
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who visited Sri Lanka recently, had told reporters that President Rajapaksa had assured the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the constitution.
But Rajapaksa denied making such a promise, and said he only agreed to look at the proposals to implement a solution and also ruled out giving land and police powers to the provinces.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has held talks with the Sri Lankan government for over a year on a political solution and was pushing for land and police powers to be given to the provincial administration.
However talks between the TNA and the Sri Lankan government broke down this month after the TNA rejected a demand by the government for the TNA to be part of a committee involving all political parties in parliament to discuss a political solution.
The Sri Lankan president said that with a parliament committee unable to meet to discuss the political solution as a result of the TNA boycott, he will now convene a meeting with all other political parties in parliament to discuss the solution.
Sri Lankan President Denies Making Land, Police Power Deal
Sri Lanka President committed to safeguard country's sovereignty
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard the country's sovereignty and he will not hesitate to take any decision to protect the people and the country from any threat.
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka President committed to safeguard country\'s sovereignty
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Monday that he had not promised India to implement a political solution which will see land and police powers being given to the provinces in Sri Lanka.
Meeting with local media executives in Colombo, Rajapaksa said that he will meet with political party representatives in Sri Lanka soon to discuss a political solution after talks with a key minority Tamil political party aimed at formulating a solution failed to see any progress.
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who visited Sri Lanka recently, had told reporters that President Rajapaksa had assured the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the constitution.
But Rajapaksa denied making such a promise, and said he only agreed to look at the proposals to implement a solution and also ruled out giving land and police powers to the provinces.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has held talks with the Sri Lankan government for over a year on a political solution and was pushing for land and police powers to be given to the provincial administration.
However talks between the TNA and the Sri Lankan government broke down this month after the TNA rejected a demand by the government for the TNA to be part of a committee involving all political parties in parliament to discuss a political solution.
The Sri Lankan president said that with a parliament committee unable to meet to discuss the political solution as a result of the TNA boycott, he will now convene a meeting with all other political parties in parliament to discuss the solution.
Sri Lankan President Denies Making Land, Police Power Deal
Sri Lanka President committed to safeguard country's sovereignty
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard the country's sovereignty and he will not hesitate to take any decision to protect the people and the country from any threat.
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka President committed to safeguard country\'s sovereignty
'rejects' ... reading the headline I was sure about a BS source and there it is. Some water for burning fellows.
