No secret deals with India - FM

KOTTE: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told Parliament yesterday that the Government has no secret deals with India, but the political leadership of India fully understands and appreciates the imperative and urgent need to rid Sri Lanka of the scourge of terrorism.

“The Government has not been subject to pressure from any quarter to halt the ongoing military operations to defeat terrorism,” he said.

The Minister was responding to a special statement made by Chief Opposition Whip Joseph Michael Perera.