Sri Lanka supports Pakistan for SAARC summit in Islamabad despite strong pressure from India:Officia

[Gibbs]

Are you sure? India is a giant overlooking it. It would stupid of any country to go against it overtly.
U need some lessons in geo-politics.

Lol.. Maybe you need to update yours, Or better read and learn about geo politics from non deluded Indian propaganda sources

This is not the 70's or 80's.. India at best is a regional power, At most a sub subservient power to the US to keep their only challenger to global domination, China in check.. Only foray's of any resemblance of India's hegemonic successes was to back Bangladeshi's to breakaway from Pakistan in the early 70's, Your next adventure in Sri Lanka in the 80's ended up in getting back 2000 body bags of Indian soldiers and a Indian PM blown in to smithereens on your own soil

So a long time has passed since those cold war days, China is well set around India and your so called giant have done nothing but whimper and whinge, Unless you're one of those billions of Indians who think Bollywood is real, There's nothing much your giant India could do either

 

[waz]

A big thank you to Sri-Lanka.

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

Lol.. Maybe you need to update yours, Or better read and learn about geo politics from non deluded Indian propaganda sources

This is not the 70's or 80's.. India at best is a regional power, At most a sub subservient power to the US to keep their only challenger to global domination, China in check.. Only foray's of any resemblance of India's hegemonic successes was to back Bangladeshi's to breakaway from Pakistan in the early 70's, Your next adventure in Sri Lanka in the 80's ended up in getting back 2000 body bags of Indian soldiers and a Indian PM blown in to smithereens on your own soil

So a long time has passed since those cold war days, China is well set around India and your so called giant have done nothing but whimper and whinge, Unless you're one of those billions of Indians who think Bollywood is real, There's nothing much your giant India could do either

Thank you for the history lesson.
But we dont live in a idealistic world. Diplomats are realists. Look at the sri lankan elections and how india played a role in it.
Every body wants their own strategic autonomy, so does srilanka. It might play one against the other and balance relations, but never overtly support anyone. It would be suicidal for them to go against India. Another example is how they declined the docking of the chinese sub because of india.

 

[Samurai_assassin]

Shall we guess who is opposing, India and her two children Bangladesh & Afghanistan?

 

[axisofevil]

I think its time to officially disband SAARC and open another organization along the same line without pakistan

 

[Gibbs]

Irrelevant since the link I posted is the site for Lanka's official statements. The news you posted clearly says "read a foreign office statement".
As I said, I have no issues to be proven wrong with a non-Pakistani source.

Here you go mate the official communique from the SL presidents office

Pakistan Foreign Secretary calls on President Maithripala Sirisena
PMD News (Ge) Tuesday October 17th, 2017

President Maithripala Sirisena emphasized the need for further expanding economic relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He made this statement when Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Ms. Tehmina Janjua called on him at the Presidential Secretariat today (October 17).

He said Pakistan could invest in sugar and cement industries as there is a huge requirement of sugar and cement in Sri Lanka. He pointed out that currently Sri Lanka produces only 20 percent of the sugar requirement.

Pakistan Foreign Secretary assured that Pakistan would continue to assist Sri Lanka. She said that Pakistan will assist to take the economic and trade relationship between the two countries to a stronger level.

President Sirisena recalled the long-standing bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan and emphasized the need to further consolidate the relationship. He expressed gratitude for assistance provided by Pakistan to Sri Lanka as a true friend and a brother, during the period of conflict in the country. He also expressed special thanks for the assistance given by Pakistan to Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Ms Janjua said she attended the UNHRC Session in Geneva in September and she was glad that she could speak in support of Sri Lanka at the forum. She said that Pakistan would assist Sri Lanka’s livestock and milk production sectors and programmes have been already formulated in consultation with Sri Lankan institutions.

President Sirisena said that Sri Lanka would extend support to Pakistan to hold the next Summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and said it is important to strengthen SAARC to ensure regional cooperation.

Foreign Secretary emphasized that Pakistan is ready to assist Sri Lanka’s development activities whenever required. She has arrived in Colombo to lead the Pakistan delegation to the 5th Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The 4th round of talks was held in August 2014 in Islamabad.

During her stay in Sri Lanka, the Foreign Secretary will also launch the “Pakistan Alumni Society of Sri Lanka”.

The High Commissioner-Designate of Pakistan to Sri Lanka Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat and the Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prasad Kariyawasam participated in this meeting.

http://www.pmdnews.lk/president-urged-pakistan-invest-sugar-cement-industries/

 

[Malik Usman]

Why's India roadblocking a regional organization why not some international one?

Indian Govt. Specially Ruling Party (BJP) they hate Pakistan for no reason.......Indians are in dream that they think they are the superpower and they can control any country in the region.....they have all the time disputes with neighboring countries...

 

[axisofevil]

Are you sure? India is a giant overlooking it. It would stupid of any country to go against it overtly.
U need some lessons in geo-politics.

Bro don't waste your breathe on this poster Gibbs.... read all his posts....he has an Anti-Indian bias. You never know he could be a pakistani in disguise or a Sri Lankan Muslim....its quite common on this website.....their own moderators engage in such BS...