The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 19 May urging the Sri Lankan issue to be taken up at the UN. Speaking in Singapore on 2 June, the Indian Foreign minister Jaswant Singh expressed the view that the UN has no role in the conflict, other than providing relief to the displaced.
As the LTTE is poised to take Jaffna city, there is an unprecedented flurry of activity. Russia says that the conflict is a threat to the security and unity of the South-Asian region. China and Pakistan have declared that there should be no outside intervention in Sri Lanka. Reports say Beijing and Islamabad are keeping a close watch on India’s response to the situation in Sri Lanka.
Norway continues its peace mission. Special envoy on Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim arrived in New Delhi on 11 May for talks with the Indian Foreign Secretary Lalith Mansingh. Norwegian Deputy Foreign minister Raymond Johansen visited Colombo on 22 May on a three-day visit.
India says military assistance to Sri Lanka is not on the cards, but there are indications of co-operation. India’s Air Chief Marshall Yaswant Tipnis arrived in Sri Lanka on 7 May on a five-day visit. This was followed by a visit to India by Sri Lanka’s Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Rohan Daluwatte. Former Punjab Police chief and anti-terrorist expert, KBS Hill was in Colombo 21 May for discussions on the security of the capital.
US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Pickering who flew to Colombo on 29 May said that the US did not envision or support the establishment of another independent state on the island or believe other members of the international community would support it. He also said that it is the international community that is the arbiter of who becomes a state and who does not, through a process of recognition and establishment of relations.