Saturday 17 May 2008

What is India's foreign policy in Srilanka?

Over the last 20 months, Srilanka's southern Sinhala majority dominated government has displaced more than 1 million minority Tamils from their traditional homelands. The majority dominated government has obtained loans from Iran, Pakistan, and China and has used most of these loans to buy offensive weapons to use against the minority Tamils.

The US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Israel, and the European Union have all gone on record and warned the Sinhala leadership to observe UN mandated Human Rights provisions in their treatment of the minority Tamils.

Most of these countries have stated in public that the Tamils have legitimate grievances and the Sinhala majority continues to deny equal rights and opportunities to Tamils.

Even worse, the Sinhala government leaders (103 Ministers out of 225 members of parliment) have gone into partnership with rogue para military outfits and recently held elections in the Eastern Province to show case "subjugated" freedom for the Tamils.

The majority of the world leaders have mocked at the Sinhala leadership actions in these elections. Yet, Indian Foreign Ministry officials continue to cuddle these Sinhala leaders?

These same Foreign Ministry officials previously sided with the corrupt and the unfair rulers in Nepal & Bhutan and continue to cuddle the ruthless regime in Myanmar. India's foreign policy continues to prop up this ruthless Sinhala regime that is currently bankrupting the economy of Srilanka; inflation at a record high 30%, lost preferential garment export facilities to Europe, and lost preferential treatment by US development funds.

Do the Indian Foreign Ministry officials follow mainstream Indian objectives? Is India going to stand idle and watch the minority Tamils be subjugated by the majority Sinhalese?

What is India's foreign policy in Srilanka?

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