Good to see Sri Lanka fallling in line 
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falling in line????....dude. use proper words. no need to project india as some sort of boss
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^Your minister the other day was demanding that India be respected as a "super power," and be the one to supply aid to all its smaller neighbors excluding Pak. Leave aside the fact that India is still far from a super power, this arrogant statement stinks of hegemonic intentions.
If thats not trying to be the boss, I dont know what is.
This is an obvious inteference in Sri Lankas internal matters.
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^^which minister?...i think it was an advisor to the government. and not minister. but who ever it is, should mend their ways being in high post.
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I don't know what statement you are talking about, but if its not govenments position and only someones individual statement then people have that right in India.
In any case, India has to tell its neibours that they cannot conspire against it(for China). It has to make sure that this does not happen, before its too late, as it is already in case of Pakistan. For that if it needs to show its fire power, then it should.
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Bhaijaan link to sahi post karo
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All of India’s neighbours have better relations with China than India.
Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and now Sri Lanka…
India is surrounded
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21842542-2703,00.html
INDIA’S top security official has publicly warned Sri Lanka against looking to Pakistan and China for the weapons it needs to fight the Tamil Tiger separatists.
The warning from India’s National Security Adviser MK Narayanan follows reports that Sri Lanka has told New Delhi it will look to Pakistan and China if India is unwilling or unable to supply the armaments it needs.
New Delhi’s leading policymaker on terrorism told a news conference in the southern Indian city of Chennai over the weekend: “It is quite clear we are the big power in the region. Whatever may be their requirements, the Sri Lankan Government should come to us.”
Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major attack on an army artillery position in Sri Lanka over the weekend, killing at least one soldier and wounding 15 ahead of a Japanese peace move, officials said yesterday.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam shelled the Pampaimadu military base where security forces had placed a long-range gun to target the rebel-held Wanni region in the island’s north.
Japan’s peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi, is due to arrive in the region for a four-day visit beginning tomorrow.
Mr Akashi, who helped to raise $4.5 billion in pledges in 2003 to support a Norwegian-backed effort to resolve the conflict, is hoping to revive the moribund peace process.
President Mahindra Rajapakse expressed willingness on Friday to resume talks with the rebels as fighting continued in the northern and eastern regions.
But the President is still actively seeking arms from regional allies to combat the rebels.
China is said to be seeking to gain influence in Sri Lanka as part of a drive to outflank New Delhi in the Indian Ocean region, and there have been reports it has been offering military hardware to the Sri Lankan Government. Beijing recently signed an agreement with Colombo for the development of the port of Hambantota, and there has also been talk of possible weapons supplies.
As well, Pakistan, China’s closest ally in the region, has been tapping into Sri Lankan concerns about how to combat the Tigers’ new air strike capacity, and Islamabad may also be offering weapons, if only to spite India.
India has long held that it should have the greatest influence on Sri Lanka, given its geographical location and close ethnic and historical ties.
New Delhi insists it will supply only “defensive” weapons, and has put new radar installations designed to deal with the Tamil Tigers’ air strike capacity in the “defensive” category.
Mr Rajapakse responded to Mr Narayanan’s comments by saying there was only one country “that can acceptably involve itself in Sri Lanka – the giant next door, India”.
But there is no indication India will provide Sri Lanka with the “offensive” hardware Mr Rajapakse maintains is needed to help defeat the Tamil Tigers.
One highly placed source in Colombo described the situation as "an absurdity – on the one hand they (India) insist we should not deal with China and Pakistan; on the other hand, they will not give us the weapons we need to deal with the Tigers.
“This is carrying the big brother relationship too far. It makes no sense. They cannot realistically expect us to follow their diktat.”
Over the weekend, Sri Lankan police have ordered the eviction of hundreds of ethnic Tamils sheltering in the capital, Colombo, claiming they are a threat to national security when they spend a long time in Colombo without employment."
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also, all of indias neighbours are corrupt, unstable, and quite useless to china strategically.
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^^ and india is not corrupt ? 
Re: India has rights of an elder brother, says Lanka.
^Your minister the other day was demanding that India be respected as a "super power," and be the one to supply aid to all its smaller neighbors excluding Pak. Leave aside the fact that India is still far from a super power, this arrogant statement stinks of hegemonic intentions. If thats not trying to be the boss, I dont know what is. This is an obvious inteference in Sri Lankas internal matters.
Please give a link to your statement. i dont think anybody said that. India has been supporting Srilanka. But if it is going to do things like evicting tamils from Colombo (almost ethnic cleansing) and exasperating the civil war then India has to get involved. Just like India did with Bangladesh. No country in the world with slightest of morality can ever support Sri-lanka if they are going on an ethnic cleansing drive.
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This should be moved to the jokes forum.
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point being, china can have good relations with india’s “broken-legged” neighbours, but that isnt strengthening its strategic posturing any bit.
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^^ be that as it may....
since almost all of India's neighbors have better relations with China than India says a lot about India being a regional bully than a friend
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US: global bully
Russia : Central asian bully
China: Bully to HK, Taiwan
India: Bully to South Asia
Pakistan: Bully to Afghanistan, Balochistan.
and so goes the heirarchy. move on buddy.
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^ Add one more to China list
China += Tibet
and maybe even other neighbors who are listed as friends to China.
Re: India has rights of an elder brother, says Lanka.
I don't know what statement you are talking about, but if its not govenments position and only someones individual statement then people have that right in India. In any case, India has to tell its neibours that they cannot conspire against it(for China). It has to make sure that this does not happen, before its too late, as it is already in case of Pakistan. For that if it needs to show its fire power, then it should.
Sri Lanka is an independant country, and who it deals with is its own bussines.
If Sri Lanka values its independance, it should resist any sort of interferance in its internal affairs.
Re: India has rights of an elder brother, says Lanka.
Sri Lanka is an independant country, and who it deals with is its own bussines. If Sri Lanka values its independance, it should resist any sort of interferance in its internal affairs.
is there any such thing as a truly independent country? sri lanka depends on indian govt to prohibit LTTE operating out of india (which india has done a great job in the past decade and a half), and given how big the LTTE menace currently is to sri lanka, it has good reason to listen to india's opinions.
Re: India has rights of an elder brother, says Lanka.
Sri Lanka is an independant country, and who it deals with is its own bussines. If Sri Lanka values its independance, it should resist any sort of interferance in its internal affairs.
Can you say the same thing about Pakistan and USA???
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‘It is high time that Sri Lanka understood that India is the big power in the region and ought to refrain from going to Pakistan or China for weapons, as we are prepared to accommodate them within the framework of our foreign policy,’ Narayanan told reporters after a 45-minute meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi here.
It was actually your National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan…
Jist is that India doesnt appreciate Sri Lanka buying military equipment from Pakistan or China, because India is a local super power and thus all such needs should be met throught India… 
No one agrees with the Sri Lankan govt… But India needs to stop playing big brother… No one in the region will appreciate your meddling no mater what moral high ground you try to occupy.
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US: global bully Russia : Central asian bully China: Bully to HK, Taiwan India: Bully to South Asia Pakistan: Bully to Afghanistan, Balochistan.
and so goes the heirarchy. move on buddy.
India: bully to kashmir and 7 north eastern states.
I think it was mezoram? that had a separate assembly and was forced by India to join.