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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10327455" data-attributes="member: 92282">India faces the uphill task of getting Sri Lanka act on joint statementThe aim is to ensure lasting peace in Sri LankaTwo top Indian officials will visit Sri Lanka later this week to  discuss, among other things, the progress in the reconciliation process  in north Sri Lanka, and the United Nations Secretary-General's Expert  Panel Report on Accountability in Sri Lanka.National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon and Foreign Secretary  Nirupama Rao — who have served in Sri Lanka as High Commissioners — will  hold consultations with their Sri Lankan counterparts over the steps  for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka, officials here said.They will seek to impress upon Colombo that the way forward is  outlined in two joint statements — one between President Mahinda  Rajapaksa and the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in May  2009, and the other, the May 17, 2011 joint statement issued after talks  between Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris and his Indian  counterpart S.M. Krishna, in New Delhi.The Krishna-Peiris statement said “a devolution package, building  upon the 13th Amendment, would contribute towards creating the necessary  conditions for such reconciliation … The External Affairs Minister of  India urged the expeditious implementation of measures by the Government  of Sri Lanka, to ensure resettlement and genuine reconciliation,  including early return of Internally Displaced Persons [IDPs] to their  homes, early withdrawal of emergency regulations, investigations into  allegations of human rights violations, restoration of normalcy in  affected areas and redress of humanitarian concerns of the affected  families.”Mr. Menon and Ms. Rao face the uphill task of getting the Sri Lankan  establishment to act on the joint statement. The statement has been  widely criticised by the Sri Lankan nationalist Opposition parties and  the mainstream press since then. They have accused Professor Peiris of  buckling to Indian pressure and signing the statement.Some political commentators have questioned the rationale and basis  of the 13th Constitutional Amendment, which was pushed by India in 1987,  and condemned the Indian intervention to have this revived.The National Security Adviser and the Foreign Secretary form part of a  high-level three-member team, the troika, established during the  2006-09 Eelam War IV, for India and Sri Lanka to keep in touch on a  regular basis. On the Indian side, the Defence Secretary completed the  troika.The Sri Lankan team is headed by the President's brother and Economic  Development Minister, Basil Rajapaksa. It includes another brother and  Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and President's Secretary Lalith  Weeratunga. In a low-key exchange of notes between the two sides ahead of the  Indian team's visit, Mr. Basil Rajapaksa visited India in the last week  of May for consultations. As he is on tour now, he will not be part of  the deliberations when the Indian team arrives here later this week.<a href="http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/07/stories/2011060764471300.htm" target="_blank">the hindu</a></blockquote>

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