Below is the edited transcript of her interview to CNBC-TV18.
Q: Where you expecting anything different at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) because while India was trying to move seven amendments running into six paragraphs, trying to put together, a stricter, more tougher language through those amendments. The United States said that they wanted a broadest possible resolution because anything tougher would not have gone through. So were you expecting anything different?
A: This is as good as it gets, and you have to do it the United Nations (UN) way. People who are a little upset or disappointed that the resolution did not go far enough. I can understand their disappointment, but UN system does not work that way. You have to take the broadest possible language to get it passed, moved and then start building on this. This is very good first step.
Q: The US-sponsored resolution says that the US acknowledges the progress that's being made in some areas, but a lot more needs to be done. Sri Lanka must take meaningful action and address the growing concern, while Sri Lanka on its part has rejected the resolution altogether. Do you believe that this island nation is going to take this resolution seriously?
A: It can be expected that there will be lot of negative reaction against this resolution within Sri Lanka, but at the same time a resolution has been passed and that is a reality therefore certain cognisance should be taken by the Sri Lankan government. Going forward, it is very important that India, the US and UN continue to apply pressure on Sri Lanka to fulfill its obligations as a sovereign nation, that represent all the people of Sri Lanka, not just the Sinhalese, but the Tamils. President Rajapaksa always said that all the people are the same. We are one nation that's very good and let it be translated into action that's all the people want.
Q: What will it mean for India-Sri Lanka relationship because things had soured over the past year anyway, we have seen a proximity between Sri Lanka and China specially as far as business ties are concerned, we have seen anti-India deliberate conscious decisions been taken by the Sri Lankan government like the imposition of additional duties on the auto sector on Indian imports into Sri Lanka. Do you believe that we will see more retaliatory action against India on account of the vote?
A: It is bound to happen and we should expect it but we should not rise to debate. This is exactly what happens in a country which has to respond to certain hardline lobbies within the establishment. There are hawks there, just as India had to respond to certain political pressure brought upon it by the DMK so too, the Sri Lankan government, will also have to face similar lobbies and pressures and it is not for India to respond to this, to retaliate to this but to be larger and rise above this and win over Sri Lanka because at the end of the day the Tamil's can be rehabilitated, provided security not by India, US or the UN but by the Sri Lankan government. So, it is very important for India to work with the Sri Lankan government to settle the legitimate grievances of the Tamil's.
Q: How do you read the domestic politics? Sri Lanka, foreign minister spoke to Network18 saying that we understand India's position, we understand India's domestic compulsions and we know that the Indian government galvanised into action on account of the demands made by the DMK. Eventually, the DMK decided to pull out nonetheless. People seem to suggest that this is really about the DMK versus the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The DMK wants to position itself as and Karunanidhi wanting to position himself as the leader of Tamils anywhere in the world. How do you see this playing out on the domestic front?
A: There is no doubt that the DMK raised this big issue as an election move. It was a political move directed to arouse the sympathies of the Tamils and arise as the custodian of the Tamils. This competitive nationalism that the DMK and the AIADMK consistently show is this part of a historic pattern. Yesterday, on TV channels there were news that there seem to be this opinion that regional parties are hijacking India's national foreign policy. I have a contrarian view on this.
I think it is good. It is a display of India's democracy because at the end of the day the Indian government is responding to political and public pressure in Tamil Nadu and this is where India is different. China is better than India on many fronts, but India really scores over China and other countries in democracy. India took a stronger tactic and took a sterner line and was galvanised into action because of the pressure from DMK. This shows Indian democracy at work.
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