India unhappy at continued killing of Tamils
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) India tonight voiced unhappiness over continued killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka and asked LTTE to stop "barbaric" attempt to hold civilians hostage as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed the situation in the island nation.
A special meeting, attended also by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was convened amid mounting pressure from Tamil Nadu parties on the Centre to stop war in Sri Lanka.
"We are very unhappy at the continued killing of innocent Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. These killings must stop," Mukherjee told reporters after the hour-long meeting called to discuss the situation in the island nation in the light of Lankan army's final push against LTTE and the options available to India.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) India tonight voiced unhappiness over continued killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka and asked LTTE to stop "barbaric" attempt to hold civilians hostage as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed the situation in the island nation.
A special meeting, attended also by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was convened amid mounting pressure from Tamil Nadu parties on the Centre to stop war in Sri Lanka.
"We are very unhappy at the continued killing of innocent Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. These killings must stop," Mukherjee told reporters after the hour-long meeting called to discuss the situation in the island nation in the light of Lankan army's final push against LTTE and the options available to India.
