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Sri Lanka warns India of Geneva repercussions
Saturday March 24, 2012 05:59:39 PM,
IANS
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Colombo:
Sri Lanka Saturday warned India of possible repercussions over
Kashmir after it voted for a US resolution in Geneva on rights
abuses during its war on the Tamil Tigers.
Government spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said some countries
or groups might use the vote on Sri Lanka as a precedence to bring
a similar resolution on India over the Kashmir dispute, Xinhua
reported.
Sri Lanka was, however, mindful that India acted as a result of
immense pressure from Tamil political parties, Abeywardena, the
acting media minister, told a public meeting.
Much to the disappointment of Colombo, India was among 24
countries which voted in support of the US sponsored resolution on
Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Thursday.
Fifteen countries voted against and eight abstained.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has warned that countries which voted
for the resolution would have to worry about consequences of
terrorism.
Lankapage.com quoted Rajapaksa as saying that "no external forces
will be allowed to threaten the country's sovereignty".
Speaking Friday, he vowed to continue his government's development
and reconciliation programmes in the island's northeastern region
that was the former war zone.
He asked people not to fall "prey to conspirators, opportunists
and traitors".
The president commended the 15 countries which voted against "the
anti-Lanka resolution for their support" and the eight nations
which abstained in the 47-member UNHRC.
Countries which voted against Sri Lanka would have to be concerned
about consequences, he was quoted as saying.
But Minister Maithreepala Sirisena pointed out that the resolution
was passed with the amendments added by India to safeguard Sri
Lanka from "the interferences of UN bodies".
These amendments ensured that no intrusions can be imposed without
the consent of the government, he added.
India forced the US to amend its resolution to safeguard Sri Lanka
from international intrusions by adding a clause that said the
UNHRC can provide advice and technical assistance "in consultation
with, and with the concurrence of, the government of Sri Lanka".
Sri Lanka has mainly downplayed India's support to the resolution,
saying New Delhi gave in to pressures from its coalition partners
in Tamil Nadu who have been traditionally ranged against Colombo.
Another minister, Dullas Alahapperuma, urged the Sri Lankan public
not to hate India for supporting the resolution.
Although India had gone the extra mile to make the resolution less
"intrusive", New Delhi's siding with the West against an ally
which stands by India in every platform "is seen as a betrayal",
he said.
On Saturday, The Island newspaper urged India to stop the US and
its allies from intruding into Sri Lankan affairs.
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