Lanka and India enjoy best relations: Analyst
 

Rashomi SILVA

COLOMBO: Visiting Indian Defence analyst Gen. Ashoka Metta said yesterday Sri Lanka and India enjoy the best relations they had ever known in the recent history, and were looking for avenues to improve it further.

"Sri Lanka and India today enjoy the best relations the two countries had ever enjoyed," Gen. Metta said.

He added that the Sri Lankan military has the largest share of foreign military personnel training and studying in Indian security establishments.

"The number of Sri Lankan Naval personnel training in India exceeds the quota of all the other national put together and Sri Lankan military officers enjoy the largest quota of foreign students," he said.

Gen. Metta who had served in Sri Lanka during the Southern insurgency in the early 70s and the second tenure with the IPKF as Divisional Commander in Batticaloa, said India as a regional power and emerging world power is responsible for the stability and order in its neighbourhood.

"We have evidence to believe the LTTE have trained and helped insurgent and secessionist movement all throughout India," he said.