SL reaches out to Jaya-report

7 July 2011 03:25 am Views - 6833

The Sri Lankan government is learnt to have asked High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assessment that Jayalalithaa was ‘fully conscious’ of the realities of managing the India-Sri Lanka relationship.

According to the India Express newspaper “moves are afoot, sources said, to schedule a meeting between Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam and Jayalalithaa in the coming weeks.”

The Sri Lankan envoy returned from Colombo on Tuesday and officials familiar with the developments said this “reaching out” was a conscious decision taken by the Sri Lankan government.

Sri Lanka is quite enthused at the PM’s assessment of the Tamil Nadu CM. He had told editors at last week’s interaction, “I have had good cooperation with Jayalalithaaji. I raised this matter with her the very first time. Whatever be the resolutions that were passed in the Assembly, I found her fully conscious of the complexities and the realities of managing this relationship.”