COLOMBO: While formulating their respective drafts for a proposed friendship treaty, India and Sri Lanka differed on views on the provisions of the annexures of July 1987 peace accord.
The difference between the two drafts is basically regarding employment of foreign military and intelligence personnel and agreements with foreign broadcasting organizations.
While the Sri Lankan government wanted the proposed friendship treaty to supersede the July 87 peace accord and its “one sided” obligations under the annexures exchanged between the two countries, the Indian side wanted all the provisions of the annexures representing the countries basic concerns included in the proposed treaty.
The Sri Lankan draft for the proposed treaty and the counter draft presented by India were published for the first time by a Colombo weekly, the Sunday Times, Sunday with its comments that the Sri Lankan draft was of “a very general nature while the Indian draft is specific.”
Article extracted from this publication >> February 16, 1990
