New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Monday extended support to India amid the latter's diplomatic standoff with Canada over the killing of a pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the North American country.
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda extended his support to India following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegation and asserted that 'Colombo has zero tolerance for terrorism'.
Addressing a presser at Foreign Correspondent Club South Asia here, the Sri Lankan envoy said, "India’s response is firm and direct, we support India. Sri Lanka has suffered from various forms of terrorism in the last four decades and therefore we have zero tolerance for terrorism".
On his country reeling under economic crisis, the Sri Lankan high commissioner to India noted that 'If not for India, we would not have been able to stabilize'. "In the recovery too, India becomes a key because our economy would require tourism, trade and we would require to diversify our line of income and India is important in that context", he added. "India provides the best opportunities by March next year we will have some understanding of the trade side", Moragoda said.