Sri Lanka holds India responsible for protracted war with LTTE

[Skyline]

Apr 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka Wednesday held the Indian government responsible for the island's protracted war with the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) .

Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, responding to a statement by a former Indian diplomat, said had the then Indian government acted with responsibility Sri Lanka wouldn't have experienced a 30-year war.

In the early stages of LTTE's armed struggle then India's government led by Indira Gandhi funded the terrorist outfit and trained its militants.

Defence Secretary said India could never absolve itself of the responsibility for creating terrorism in the island and some of those subverting Sri Lanka and blaming the Rajapaksa administration for the plight of Tamil speaking people were directly involved in protracting the conflict.

He was responding to former Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri's call for an investigation into specific allegations of war crimes during the last 100 days of military operations in Sri Lanka.

Speaking to The Island newspaper, Rajapaksa said the international community should consider a comprehensive investigation into the issue beginning with the Indian intervention and Puri could help the investigation by revealing India's involvement at that time.

Rajapaksa said Puri had been directly involved in the Indian operation against the then Jayawardena government in the run-up to the July 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord which instituted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to devolve power.

He said Puri should realize that India's intervention in Sri Lanka had caused a major regional crisis when "Indian-trained Sri Lankan terrorists" raided the Maldives in November 1988.

Following a bloody military campaign Sri Lanka comprehensively defeated the Tamil Tiger terrorists in May 2009.

Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka holds India responsible for protracted war with LTTE

 

[Thirdfront]

He said Puri should realize that India's intervention in Sri Lanka had caused a major regional crisis when "Indian-trained Sri Lankan terrorists" raided the Maldives in November 1988.

And then India sent it's forces to defeat and capture the same terrorists? what a laughable statement by so called defense secretary...

 

[manlion]

And then India sent it's forces to defeat and capture the same terrorists? what a laughable statement by so called defense secretary...

base on your admission, India and not Sri Lanka should be held responsible for the genocide of Tamils in 2009 !!!

 

[GR!FF!N]

@Skyline

you opened same thread twice with different name???
@manlion

India was not involved in 2009 war with LTTE..what @Thirdfront mentioned is about IPKF's operation in SL in 1987.

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Apr 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka Wednesday held the Indian government responsible for the island's protracted war with the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) .

Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, responding to a statement by a former Indian diplomat, said had the then Indian government acted with responsibility Sri Lanka wouldn't have experienced a 30-year war.

In the early stages of LTTE's armed struggle then India's government led by Indira Gandhi funded the terrorist outfit and trained its militants.

Defence Secretary said India could never absolve itself of the responsibility for creating terrorism in the island and some of those subverting Sri Lanka and blaming the Rajapaksa administration for the plight of Tamil speaking people were directly involved in protracting the conflict.

He was responding to former Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri's call for an investigation into specific allegations of war crimes during the last 100 days of military operations in Sri Lanka.

Speaking to The Island newspaper, Rajapaksa said the international community should consider a comprehensive investigation into the issue beginning with the Indian intervention and Puri could help the investigation by revealing India's involvement at that time.

Rajapaksa said Puri had been directly involved in the Indian operation against the then Jayawardena government in the run-up to the July 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord which instituted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to devolve power.

He said Puri should realize that India's intervention in Sri Lanka had caused a major regional crisis when "Indian-trained Sri Lankan terrorists" raided the Maldives in November 1988.

Following a bloody military campaign Sri Lanka comprehensively defeated the Tamil Tiger terrorists in May 2009.

Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka holds India responsible for protracted war with LTTE

Now that these jerks are under international pressure.. they will even blame their mother and father for what happened...

 

[SirHatesALot]

base on your admission, India and not Sri Lanka should be held responsible for the genocide of Tamils in 2009 !!!

that is correct both are responsible

 

[Sashan]

@Skyline

you opened same thread twice with different name???
@manlion

India was not involved in 2009 war with LTTE..what @Thirdfront mentioned is about IPKF's operation in SL in 1987.

India was involved in 2009 war without whose help SL would not have defeated LTTE inspite of all the help from Pakistan and China.

How India helped destroy LTTE | NDTV.com

In the eelam War IV in Sri Lanka that ended with the death of LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran on May 19, India had outwardly adopted a hands off policy in the Sri Lanka conflict because of domestic political compulsions in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi had maintained that it will not give any offensive weapons to Sri Lanka. But a new book, written by NDTV's defence editor Nitin Gokhale, who had extensively reported the war for the channel, reveals that India had actively if covertly helped the Sri Lankan military to scour out and destroy the LTTE.
For instance:
India quietly transeferred five Mi-17 helicopters to Sri Lanka which were used in operations against the LTTE
Indian Navy's Dornier aircraft fitted with powerful radars actively flew reconnaissance missions over the high seas to locate LTTE's "floating Warehouses," that carried large quantities of arms and ammunition
Active collaboration between Sri Lankan and Indian Navy helped destroy 11 such LTTE ships and severely depleted LTTE's arms supply
Colombo kept New Delhi informed every step Three top Sri Lankan officials were in constant touch with India's National Security Adviser, the foreign secretary and the Defence Secretary

The crucial help was in tracking down and destroying weapons warehouses of LTTE in high seas which depleted the LTTE's ability o hit back.

 

[Ajaxpaul]

India was involved in 2009 war without whose help SL would not have defeated LTTE inspite of all the help from Pakistan and China.

How India helped destroy LTTE | NDTV.com

In the eelam War IV in Sri Lanka that ended with the death of LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran on May 19, India had outwardly adopted a hands off policy in the Sri Lanka conflict because of domestic political compulsions in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi had maintained that it will not give any offensive weapons to Sri Lanka. But a new book, written by NDTV's defence editor Nitin Gokhale, who had extensively reported the war for the channel, reveals that India had actively if covertly helped the Sri Lankan military to scour out and destroy the LTTE.
For instance:
India quietly transeferred five Mi-17 helicopters to Sri Lanka which were used in operations against the LTTE
Indian Navy's Dornier aircraft fitted with powerful radars actively flew reconnaissance missions over the high seas to locate LTTE's "floating Warehouses," that carried large quantities of arms and ammunition
Active collaboration between Sri Lankan and Indian Navy helped destroy 11 such LTTE ships and severely depleted LTTE's arms supply
Colombo kept New Delhi informed every step Three top Sri Lankan officials were in constant touch with India's National Security Adviser, the foreign secretary and the Defence Secretary

The crucial help was in tracking down and destroying weapons warehouses of LTTE in high seas which depleted the LTTE's ability o hit back.

They will never be grateful....for they have found out that playing china against India will earn them scraps.

 

[baajey]

They will never be grateful....for they have found out that playing china against India will earn them scraps.

the world is full of ungrateful ppl, why blame only lankans ???

 

[Ajaxpaul]

the world is full of ungrateful ppl, why blame only lankans ???

I am not blaming Lanka, they can play the game to their advantage....

 

[Kazhugu]

the world is full of ungrateful ppl, why blame only lankans ???

why not blame them ? after all support was extended to them against the wishes and concern of a significant part of the population...so if they dont live up to their promises then u risk alienating both them and your own people......a lose-lose proposition....