There has been no pressure whatsoever from India regarding solving issues faced by Tamils in Sri Lanka’s northern provinces, says Foreign Minister GL Peiris, who is currently on a three-day visit to India. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale shortly after landing here, Peiris explained that the problem was more due to ‘inherent institutional shortcomings’ that need to be addressed. “There is no hostility at the grassroots level. That makes us believe that it is by no means an intractable problem,” he added. In this interview, Peiris also talks about the state of the economy and the island nation’s relationship with China.
