Speaking at a public event in Chennai on Thursday, India's Union Shipping Minister, G.K. Vasan said that India should avoid training Sri Lankan security forces.
"The Centre should avoid from taking such policy decision. I think," he said, stating that he had told the Defence Minister A.K. Anthony of his opposition to such joint training ventures.
Reiterating India's commitment to exerting pressure on the Sri Lankan government to implement the 13th Amendment, Mr Vasan stressed that it would continue, "so as to ensure that Tamils in Sri Lanka get equal rights on par with local Sinhalese. There is no compromise in this stand."
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