We will try to find a solution both to the present situation at the peninsula and also to the long time settlement of the Tamil aspirations within the context of the integrity of Sri Lanka. US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Pickering, who is also in Delhi at the moment, said Washington supported Norway's role as a facilitator and would also back any role by India. The Indian Government has placed the navy on alert amid suggestions that it might help evacuate Sri Lankan soldiers trapped in Jaffna. However, National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra said on Tuesday that no request for evacuating Sri Lankan soldiers had been received so far. In a newspaper interview published on Wednesday, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga that Sri Lanka was considering a suggestion for group of mediating countries to help end the war.
Humanitarian assistance is only in the event that the government wants to evacuate . . .
But she also made clear that Sri Lanka was not ready to ask for Indian help in evacuating Jaffna. Afghan aid convoy leaves Iran Links to more South Asia stories are at the foot of the page.