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The situation in Sri Lanka is in severe turmoil, which has aroused global concern. Some Indian lawmakers said that India "cannot allow another Libya to appear on its periphery."
On the 11th, India's official statement.
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On the 11th local time, the Office of the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka published a tweet on Twitter, tweeting that the Office categorically denied speculative reports on the media and social media that India would send troops to Sri Lanka. These reports and opinions do not correspond to the position of the Indian government.
India's denial comes as neighbor sri Lanka is mired in the midst of the worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948, with severe foreign exchange shortages hampering imports of food, medicine, fuel and other products, months of an acute shortage of electricity and anti-government demonstrations. On the 9th, the demonstration turned into a riot, resulting in the death of 8 people, including 2 members of parliament, and at least 232 injuries.
According to media reports, former Prime Minister Rajapaksa, who resigned on the 9th, evacuated the official residence under the protection of heavily armored soldiers as thousands of demonstrators tried to break through the gate and set fire to a truck at the gate. This week, Sri Lanka is expected to welcome a new prime minister and cabinet, but it is unclear whether order will be restored.
Sri Lanka is in turmoil, and the reaction and position of India, a major South Asian power, are very interesting. On the 10th, the Indian Foreign Ministry said that India fully supports Sri Lanka's democracy, stability and economic recovery.
India reported that rumors of India's involvement in the turmoil in Sri Lanka were frequent.
According to the Hindustan Times, the Indian side has denied the report that sri Lankan former Prime Minister Rajapaksa and his family fled to India on the 10th.
On the 7th, the Indian side also denied the rumors of exporting water cannon trucks to Sri Lanka. Water cannon trucks are often used to prevent riots. The Hindustan Times commented that as unrest in Sri Lanka intensified, India rejected any speculative reports related to violence.
On the same day that India denied sending troops to Sri Lanka, according to the Indian website Republicworld, Subramanian Swamy, a member of the Indian Federal House, expressed his views on sri Lanka's political and social crisis, urging the Indian government to send Indian troops to restore the constitution, believing that the turmoil in Sri Lanka may overflow the borders and may rise like the LTTE of the year, saying that India "cannot allow another Libya to appear around it."
Swami claimed that India's military campaign to Sri Lanka was successful, but apparently some media did not agree.
India's "Deccan Chronicle" reported on the 12th that in 1987, India had sent troops to the country at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government to peacekeepe, when Sri Lanka was suffering from the Tamil Tiger rebellion, "but it turned out to be an unpleasant experience, and there was a fight between the Indian army and the LTTE." Eventually, Indian troops withdrew in 1990, but the sri Lankan rebellion continued for years, and it wasn't until 2009 that the Sri Lankan army finally eliminated the LTTE.
For Swami, who advocates intervention in sri Lanka, India's thewire news network reported that during the 2018 crisis in the Maldives, he also made similar demands and encouraged India to intervene, when he wrote on Twitter that "if there is electoral manipulation, India should invade the Maldives", as a result, his voice was criticized by the Maldivian government and the opposition.