Strong message to region’s countries from India on Republic Day!

 Monday, 27 January 2014 

India marked her 65th Republic Day in New Delhi yesterday (26) with Japanese premier Shinzo Abe as the chief guest at the main official celebration. According to international political commentators, India gave a strong message at that event to other countries in South Asia who have become stooges of China, the new world super power, by getting the Japanese PM to participate in her Republic Day celebration as the chief guest. 

India is strengthening her diplomatic ties with Japan to counter the string of pearls built by China to centre India both commercially and militarily, and to ease threats to her security. By now, Japan is at odds with China diplomatically over its disputed islets. The recent visit by the Japanese PM to a controversial shrine has sent her ties with China to a lower depth.

In light of such a situation, an Indo-Japan friendship could have an immense impact on China, according to international political commentators. It was an indirect slap on China’s face when India got the Japanese PM to participate in the Republic Day celebration as the chief guest.

During his recent visit to the island, Japanese special envoy Yashushi Akasi made it clear to Sri Lankan government authorities that more attention should be paid to safeguarding human rights and that it cannot defend Sri Lanka internationally if it delays implementing the LLRC proposals any further. At a meeting with minister Champika Ranawaka, the Japanese envoy has said that Japan has decided to work together diplomatically with India in the future. And, therefore, Japan will have to agree with India whenever it makes a request regarding Sri Lanka.

Minister Ranawaka has told the president all what he had been told by the Japanese envoy, but a smiling president has discarded all that. However, in view of the arising situation, Sri Lanka will definitely have to face a very unfavourable plight internationally, according to expert opinion.