On September 12, India used unusually strong language to chastise the Sri Lankan government for a “lack of measurable progress” in finding a political solution to the “ethnic issue” involving Sri Lankan Tamils at a debate in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
India’s statement was made during the discussion on the report released earlier by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on the first day of Geneva-based UNHRC’s 51st session.
Devirupa Mitra, diplomatic editor at The Wire, talks about where this criticism may be coming from and why India is engaged in a balancing act in the region.