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ndia is always with Sri Lanka - India's UN Envoy

India was never against Sri Lanka. We were always with Sri Lanka. At the highest political level, we have conveyed to Sri Lanka that we stand for national reconciliation, peace and prosperity in Sri Lanka and we will do whatever is possible to help Sri Lanka in this process and we wish it success, said Indian Envoy to UN Dilip Sinha, speaking on the outcome of the United Nations Session in Geneva, on a live TV program over NDTV.

India abstained from voting at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Thursday, which called for an international investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stage of the island's civil war which ended in 2009.

Sinha responding to questions raised, said India does not support the operative Para 10 of the resolution which asks for an international inquiry, but, encourages Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of an internal inquiry's report and findings.

India's UN Envoy further said that India had voted in favour of the two resolutions earlier because they were in line with our policy on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Human Rights Council. This year the resolution had a certain provision that did not go along with our policy, which was introducing the concept of international investigation, which was there in the operative paragraph 10.

"This was a matter of concern for us, which made us decide to abstain on the resolution," Sinha said. Sinha also said India encourages Sri Lanka to fulfill its own commitments and conduct its own investigations in such a way that they are credible and are looked upon by others as acceptable investigations.