‘Take care of it in the neighbourhood’ - Rao
July 30, 2011 10:18 am
Sri Lanka has to look into war crimes allegations “carefully,” says India’s Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.
In an interview with Headlines Today, on her last day in office, the United States ambassador designate was queried on allegations of human rights violations in Sri Lanka and the controversial Channel 4 video amongst other topics.
“They have to look at it carefully. As per the video, there were human right violations during the last few days of the war they were fighting.
It cannot be justified any way. But it was a war zone. It should also be taken into consideration that there were tragedies in Sri Lanka.” she stressed.
India’s outgoing Foreign Secretary said yesterday that the issue has to be resolved within the region and that India has to be directly involved.
“We must take care of it in the neighbourhood. We have to avoid jumping into conclusions on any third party’s involvement. We have to directly involve into dialogue with them. After all, India is the closest neighbour of Sri Lanka,” Rao cautioned.
In an interview with Headlines Today, on her last day in office, the United States ambassador designate was queried on allegations of human rights violations in Sri Lanka and the controversial Channel 4 video amongst other topics.
“They have to look at it carefully. As per the video, there were human right violations during the last few days of the war they were fighting.
It cannot be justified any way. But it was a war zone. It should also be taken into consideration that there were tragedies in Sri Lanka.” she stressed.
India’s outgoing Foreign Secretary said yesterday that the issue has to be resolved within the region and that India has to be directly involved.
“We must take care of it in the neighbourhood. We have to avoid jumping into conclusions on any third party’s involvement. We have to directly involve into dialogue with them. After all, India is the closest neighbour of Sri Lanka,” Rao cautioned.
