Economic Embargo On Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's new government on Friday announced lifting a ban on foreign nationals visiting to the island's former war zones and scrapped an economic embargo on minority Tamil regions.

In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu". Please find the full text of Jayalalithaa's to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "You may recal...

Sri Lanka's new government on Friday announced lifting a ban on foreign nationals visiting to the island's former war zones and scrapped an economic embargo on minority Tamil regions.

In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu". Please find the full text of Jayalalithaa's to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "You may recal...