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“Trying To Help Sri Lanka”: S Jaishankar Says There’s “No Refugee Crisis Right Now”

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The Indian government has always been supportive of Sri Lanka and was “trying to help” the neighbouring country through its present economic crisis, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. The EAM also clarified that there is “no refugee crisis right now”.

Arriving on a three-day visit to Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram, Jaishankar spoke to reporters outside airport.  “We have been very supportive of Sri Lanka. We are trying to help and we are always very helpful where they are concerned,” Jaishankar said.

“They are right now working through their problems, so we have to wait and see what they do.” The EAM was responding to questions regarding the economic crisis in Sri Lanka.

The Union Minister, reacting to the queries regarding refugee crisis, said: “There is no refugee crisis right now.” When asked for the reason of his visit, Jaishankar said that there were several.

He wanted to spend time with his party colleagues here and understand how they are doing and what is happening here, Jaishankar said, NDTV reported.

Jaishankar, speaking of the BJP’s prospects in the southern state, said prospects of the party were “very good” all over the country.

“There is no exception to it anywhere. But we will always try and keep working to improve the prospects,” Jaishankar said.

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In a new video surfaced on internet, Sri Lankan protestors, who stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence yesterday in Columbo,  discovered a high security bunker in the compound.

Public outburst in Sri Lanka amid an unprecedented economic crisis reached a new peak on Saturday  as thousands of protesters broke through police barricades in Colombo and stormed the president’s official residence. The island nation of 22 million people has been engulfed in chaos with economic and political instability.

News agency AFP, citing a witness, reported that the police fired shots in the air but were unable to stop the angry crowd from surrounding the presidential residence. Following that, the protestors entered the official residence of Rajapaksa, however, the President had fled the palace by then.

Several videos surfaced on Saturday showed protestors inside the presidential palace- some working out in the gym, some taking a dip in the swimming pool, while some lying down on the beds of palace.

Now, a new video shows that the protestors, while exploring the residence of President, found a secret bunker with an escalator in it. The way to the bunker was through a door of a wooden cupboard.

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