Prez Rajapaksa assured us he represents all Sri Lankans: India

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the discussions during President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit would demonstrate where his assurance that he represented all Sri Lankans holds, the Hindu reported.

He was responding to MDMK member Vaiko’s allegation that Mr. Rajapaksa was “responsible for the genocide of Tamils”. Mr. Vaiko raised concerns about Mr. Jaishankar’s recent visit to Colombo.

“I had visited Sri Lanka a day after he was sworn in as President. We discussed our bilateral relationship briefly. The President assured us that he is today the President of all Sri Lankans. We need to look at that assurance and obviously whatever discussions happen during his visit would demonstrate where that assurance holds,” Mr. Jaishankar said.