A day after Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi exhorted the Centre to stop the "genocide" of Tamils in Sri Lanka, NSA M K Narayanan summoned the Sri Lankan deputy high commissioner and expressed unhappiness at the violence against Tamil civilians.
According to the foreign ministry, it was pointed out that the Lankan government needed to act with restraint and address the growing feeling of insecurity among Tamils. The demarche coincided with an LTTE suicide bomber killing over 20 people in Sri Lanka on Monday.
It's the first time in many years that India has asked the Lankan government to observe restraint in its actions. |