Cabinet spokesperson and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told the Cabinet press briefing that the government would therefore not respond to the resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu State Assembly yesterday against Sri Lanka.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution seeking imposition of economic sanctions against Sri Lanka by India over alleged human rights violations and issues faced by the Tamil community in the country.
According to Rambukwella, Sri Lanka will maintain cordial relations with India through a continuous dialogue and as a sovereign nation, the country will only respond to the Central government of India.
"Sri Lanka and India have cordial relations on the basis of respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and issues arising between the two countries are discussed on the basis of this understanding," he said.
The new Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly J Jayalalitha demanded the central government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka until the Tamils are given equal rights and bring war crimes charges against those responsible.
The Chief Minister moving the resolution against Sri Lanka said only economic sanctions will hurt Sri Lanka's economy and force the Sri Lankan government to listen to their demands.
Right after her election to the Assembly last month Ms. Jayalalitha called to bring Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the International Court on charges of war crimes.
The Tamil Nadu state assembly also moved a resolution seeking the State Revenue Department to implead itself in a case filed by the Chief Minister for retrieval of Katchatheevu Island, ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974 by way of an agreement.
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