With Tamil Nadu's Members of Parliament insisting that India make its stand clear on the United States-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka in United Nations Human Rights Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said efforts are on to achieve a "forward-looking" outcome which would avoid "deepening confrontation and mistrust."
"We are engaged with all parties in an effort to achieve an outcome that is forward-looking and that ensures that rather than deepening confrontation and mistrust between concerned arties, a way forward is found on issues related to accountability and reconciliation," Singh told Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi.
In a letter to the DMK leader, who demanded that India support the US resolution against Colombo for alleged war crimes during voting, Singh said India's objective, as always, remains the achievement of a future for the Tamil community in Sri Lanka marked by equality, dignity, justice and self-respect.
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India believed the implementation of the LLRC's recommendations would contribute to the process of reconciliation, he added.
"We have also emphasised the need for an independent and credible mechanism to investigate allegations of human rights violations in a time-bound manner, which has also been recommended by LLRC. Our focus on these issues with the government of Sri Lanka will continue," Singh said.
