Visiting Sri Lankan Tamil Alliance delegates meet Indian Foreign Minister

The parliamentary delegation of Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) led by parliamentarian R. Sampanthan currently visiting New Delhi has met India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today.


The six-member TNA delegation had a 30 minute discussion with the Indian minister on a variety of issues related to the welfare of Tamils in Sri Lanka, focusing mainly on the resettlement process of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

The delegation sought help of the Indian government for the Tamil's cause in post-war Sri Lanka.

Indian media reported that Krishna and the TNA members discussed various dimensions and causes of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, and explored plausible political solutions to resolve the refugee crisis.

Earlier, the TNA members held discussions with Home Minister P. Chidambaram and External Affairs Ministry Secretary Nirupama Rao. They also met the CPI MP D Raja yesterday and sought Indian help for a solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.