Implementing 13A, India And International Commitments

By Dayan Jayatilleka -June 22, 2013

Dr Dayan Jayatilleka

The exchange with Mr Mahindapala (‘What benefit is there in Dayan’s Deal in Geneva?’, HLD Mahindapala, Daily News, June 21, 2013) is useful not merely because it helps in setting straight the record of contemporary diplomatic history, but also because it is relevant, as the Daily News editorial (‘India in that Equation’, ibid) rightly implies, to the currently ongoing debates on the13^th amendment and Indo-Sri Lankan relations.

Let’s get the record straight. How and where did the commitment to implement the 13^th amendment enter the picture and who made that commitment, to whom and when?

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