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‘India will never allow separate Tamil state’
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NewsByte on 25 March, 2008 03:34:59
 
Jerusalem, March 25: India will never allow a separate independent state for
Tamils to be carved out from Sri Lanka, the island’s Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayaka said here.
"It should be borne in mind that India will never allow a separate independent
state for Tamils in Sri Lanka because such a development will have a disastrous
effect in India," Mr Wickremanayaka, who is the first Sri Lankan Prime Minister
to visit Israel, told a gathering. "India has always been committed to Sri
Lanka’s territorial integrity," he added.
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, who is on a four-day visit, claimed that LTTE
leader V. Prabhakaran wanted to create a Tamil state by "including certain parts
of India as well".
He said that his country is committed to a political solution to the
three-decade-old conflict and is not seeking a military solution. He ruled out
any division of the island nation, which he said has remained as one single
unit. (PTI)