COLOMBO (PTI): Notwithstanding stiff opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka has asserted that it was "very firm" on continuing the training programme of its defence personnel in India and ruled out sending them to countries like China.
Sri Lanka's powerful Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, also the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said his country looks at India in a "much bigger way" than China.
During an interaction with visiting Indian journalists, Rajapaksa admitted that the recent attacks against Sri Lankan citizens in Tamil Nadu has "hurt" their feelings, but said no one in his country had any "hard feelings" for India or its people.
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