India will not tell Lanka what to do, says Menon
next move of Sri Lanka towards national reconciliation was something that Sri Lanka should explore and "it is neither the job of India nor of Norway to prescribe what is best for Sri Lanka".
"I am quite impressed by what President Mahinda Rajapaksa has explained as his plan towards this. India will always back him in whatever decisions he thinks best suited for Sri Lanka" he said.
Responding to a question on Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka, he said a couple of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) seniors were present in Delhi at the time he was talking to the Sri Lankan editors.
"They have various contacts in Delhi with whom they have been having informal dialogue on and off. As far as I know they don't have an appointment with the Prime Minister" said Mr. Menon, adding that Sri Lankans should not read their presence as a cause for alarm.
On the long overdue, proposed, Defence Pact between India and Sri Lanka he said it should take its natural course.
Commenting on the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora's attacks on Indian embassies, he said the Indian diaspora "did not take that well at all".
Claiming that the war in Sri Lanka had made Indo-Sri Lanka media reports 'mono-focused,' Mr. Menon said that he hoped there would be a diversification of subjects now that the war was over.
"Sri Lanka has a huge market here in India. It should exploit the opportunities. Also we should work together in many areas, like garment industry, where Sri Lanka is known for its expertise on high end products, whereas we are known for lower ends due to cheap labour. Together we can do wonders" he said optimistically.
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