Indian Delegation To Sri Lanka

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  Indian-American Diplomat Leads US Delegation to Indian Ocean Rim Association

  Senior Indian-American diplomat, Atul Keshap, who is the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, is leading the official United States delegation to the 15th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers meeting being held in Indonesia.

• Sri Lanka, India to Hold Talks on May 12 to Solve Fishermen Issue

  Indian and Sri Lankan delegations will go ahead with their talks on the fishermen issue planned for May 12, a top Lankan official said here today.

• 'No single dimension to the decision': Salman Khurshid on PM skipping Commonwealth meet

  Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, who will lead the Indian delegation to the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka, has defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to skip the event.

• PM to skip Colombo summit, Salman Khurshid will head Indian delegation

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not visit Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of State meeting next week.

• Salman Khurshid to head Indian delegation at Commonwealth summit

  External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation at the CHOGM Summit to be held in Sri Lanka next week.

• PM to skip Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka; Salman Khurshid will head Indian delegation

  The decision on level of Indian representation and Dr Singh skipping the meet will be communicated to the Lankan government by tomorrow, sources said.

• Sri Lanka government invites Tamil Nadu fishermen for talks

  The Sri Lankan government reached out to the fishermen community of Tamil Nadu as President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother and Economic Development Minister Basil met their delegation in Delhi with a promise of addressing their concerns.

• All-party delegation submits report on condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka

  A multi-party Parliamentary delegation that visited Sri Lanka submitted a report on the condition of ethnic Tamils to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. Dr Singh said India will stand "solidly behind" the minority community in their pursuit for a political settlement.

• India's intervention sought in empowerment of minority Tamils

  Congress MPs, who were part of the delegation that visited Sri Lanka recently, have demanded India's intervention in ensuring political empowerment of minority Tamils by implementing the historic 13th Amendment, holding talks with various political parties there.

• Sri Lanka rejects calls to withdraw troops from North

  Sri Lanka's President has rejected a call by Indian legislators to withdraw soldiers from the island's former war zone in the north where minority Tamils are concentrated, his spokesman said on Sunday.

• Congress leaders to submit a report to PM about Sri Lanka visit

  Members of Parliament belonging to the Congress party who were part of the parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka said on Saturday that a report about the visit would be submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• Lanka to resettle 58,000 Tamils in 15 days: Karuna

  Sri Lanka has assured the Indian MPs' delegation that 58,000 of the 2.53 lakh internally displaced Tamils in Lanka would be sent home by the end of October.

• India against military solution to Lanka ethnic problem

  Capping a closely-guarded visit by a high powered Indian delegation that met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, India on saturday said it was not in favour of a military solution to the Tamil ethnic problem. ",India hopes that Sri Lanka can find a peaceful solution to the (ethnic) conflict within the framework of a united Sri Lanka that is ac...

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  SL delegation to ink IPL deal next week

  Sri Lanka Cricket will next week send a team of officials to finallise a USD 40 million deal with the Indian Premier League, Sports Minister Lokuge said.