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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10349122" data-attributes="member: 92282">A top level Indian delegation will arrive in Sri Lanka on Friday to  review bilateral relations between the two countries, an informed source  said yesterday. The delegation comprises India’s National Security  Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence  Secretary Pradeep Kumar.Ahead of his visit, Menon called on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai and is understood to have apprised her on the  Centre's action on mitigating sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils.The visit comes in the backdrop of the Tamil Nadu assembly passing an  unanimous resolution on Wednesday demanding imposition of economic  sanctions against Sri Lanka.During their visit, they are expected to meet President  Mahinda Rajapaksa, defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and  President's secretary Lalith Weeratunga, sources said, adding that the  aim of the Indian officials' visit is to review the bilateral relations.Though officials in Chennai described as a "courtesy call" the  meeting between NSA and Jayalalithaa, Menon is understood to have  apprised her on the Centre's action on mitigating sufferings of Sri  Lankan Tamils.The chief minister is understood to have taken up the issue of Indian fishermen being killed or arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy.The meeting assumes significance in the wake of the Tamil Nadu  assembly passing a resolution demanding that New Delhi should impose  economic sanctions on Sri Lanka for its alleged killing of Tamils there.  This is the first top level contact between the Centre and AIADMK  government after Jayalalithaa took over as the chief minister.The resolution also referred to UN committee findings about alleged  excesses committed during the conflict between the armed forces and  LTTE, including bombing civilian areas and hospitals.DM/hindustantimes</blockquote>

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