President posts Indian PM

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a telephone conversation yesterday, has briefed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the latest developments in Sri Lanka. Presidential sources told the Sunday Observer yesterday that President Rajapaksa had a telephone conversation with the Indian Prime Minister to outline the security developments in the North and East.

President Rajapaksa has pointed out that Sri Lanka’s battle against terrorism is not against Tamils and that the Government has taken all possible steps to protect innocent civilians. Prime Minister Singh has been briefed on the Security Forces battle against the LTTE terrorists, the Government’s regular food supply to the North and resettlement of the IDPs.

Meanwhile Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has requested his Indian counterpart to send a delegation led by the Indian Minister of External Affairs to get a first hand information on the Government’s efforts to liberate innocent Tamils from the clutches of the LTTE terrorists and resettlement plans. Consequent to this discussion, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has invited the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee to undertake a visit to Sri Lanka at an early date.