Indo-Lanka understanding needed

Sri Lanka envoy to India, Sudharshan Seneviratne, who has been asked to return to the country following the decision taken by the Ministry of External Affairs to recall all politically appointed envoys, impressed upon the need for India and Sri Lanka to understand each other and take care of each other. "Sri Lanka needs India and India needs Sri Lanka, especially because of its strategic location, as this is their opening to their backyard.

If Sri Lanka is not kept secure India is not safe. And this message should be understood even in Tamil Nadu," an IANS report datelined New Delhi quotes Senevirate as having said in an interview. "Sri Lanka has to understand how to image India and India needs to understand Sri Lanka," he has said, explaining,

"It is an island, but with a very cosmopolitan society. Its people have different cultures, religions, technology and its own personality.