India assured to help Sri Lanka, as a strategic measure with the growing concerns of LTTE air capability as a regional security threat. The alarm was set when the SL Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bogolagama emphasized on the terrorist issue specially the LTTE fund raising activities, illicit immigration and arms smuggling, addressing the 6th Annual Asian Security Summit - the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
The "rise of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air power in Sri Lanka is of concern to India also" emphasised the, Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony in Singapore on Sunday (03) that India "will give Sri Lanka reasonable support for that."
Commenting on his talks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Saturday(02), Mr. Antony said he had conveyed India's willingness to extend "whatever possible help." He said the message to Sri Lanka was that "we are with you" on the issues of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity of the island-state.
At the same time, India expressed its preference for a "political solution" in Sri Lanka.
Earlier, the Indian Defence Minister AK Anthony on 02nd June, assured Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, that the Indian Government was agreeable to conduct coordinated patrols of the maritime boundary between India and Sri Lanka in the Palk Straits.
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