India-Sri Lanka Relations

The delegation seems to have got its message across, that effective engagement with the TNA cannot be avoided by the Rajapakse government.

• Gautam Sen
• April 26, 2012
• IDSA Comments

India’s vote at the UNHRC may is the first step to send a clear message to the Rajapakse government that it cannot continue to postpone a political resolution of the Tamil issue.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik
• April 09, 2012
• IDSA Comments

India must use the opportunity to extract a commitment from Sri Lanka to initiate a serious process of dialogue aimed at evolving a political solution to the Tamil issue.

• Gulbin Sultana
• March 19, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Removing emergency regulations while continuing with militarisation and a massive project of policing in socio-cultural arenas do not indicate a journey towards normalcy.

• Amali Wedagedara
• September 05, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The recent increase in top level Indian delegation visits to Colombo indicates that India has entered a new and more comprehensive phase of bilateral relations with Sri Lanka.

• Hemantha Dayaratne
• January 03, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China’s foray into Sri Lanka in recent years has somewhat heightened India’s engagement in the island nation, separated by the small stretch of the Palk-Strait

• R N Das
• August 05, 2010
• IDSA Comments