Bandula JAYASEKARA in New Delhi
Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona said the LTTE is making desperate attempts to create strains in the excellent relationship between India and Sri Lanka prior to President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to New Delhi to attend the SAARC summit.
Kohona who arrived here to attend the SAARC Foreign Secretaries meetings told the Daily News. "It is very clear that the LTTE has stage managed the incident which killed four Indian fishermen. It is a familiar pattern on the eve of the SAARC summit in New Delhi. It is a deliberate attempt to discredit Sri Lanka".
Indian media reported yesterday that the Sri Lankan Navy killed four fishermen on March 29.
Kohona said Navy data clearly indicated that the Sri Lanka Navy was nowhere near the area where they are alleged to have attacked the Indian fishermen and it was very clear that at no stage did Sri Lankan Navy vessels go into Indian waters.
"In any event it is inimical to the interest of Sri Lanka and it's Navy to attack Indian fishermen," the Foreign Secretary said.
Courtesy - Daily News
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