Posted on : 10-10-2011 | By : tnn | In : eelamnews
The familiarisation visit to Sri Lanka by India’s new External Affairs Ministry Secretary Ranjan Mathai has been the talking point among EAM top brass in Colombo.
They were talking about protocol and asking why it was being breached to set up meetings for the Indian bureaucrat with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. One may argue, as most in the EAM do, that Sri Lanka is a close ally of India and hence the preferential status.
However, those not in favour point out that the same courtesy is not extended by New Delhi to Sri Lanka officials, particularly those at the High Commission. They are restricted to the officialdom. It does not extend to the External Affairs Minister (unless under exceptional circumstances), said one of those who raises the issue.
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