Sunday, June 5 2005 10:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: MDMK (Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) MP Vaiko today (June 5, 2005) met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and appealed to him against giving any Defence assistance to Sri Lanka.

The Prime Minister said India would not enter into any Defence agreement with Sri Lanka, he said after the meeting.

Vaiko, who had a 30-minute meeting with the Prime Minister, said Singh also assured him that India would not give any Defence assistance against the interests of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

"I am satisfied with this meeting," he said about his interaction with the Prime Minister.

He also gave Singh a memorandum in which he said if a confrontation breaks out due to unavoidable reasons, India would be liable to be accused of assisting military attack on the Tamils.

"India should not give any form of Defence assistance to the Sri Lankan Government for which the Tamil community will be ever grateful to you," Vaiko said in the memorandum.

He expressed concern about the reference to cease-fire violations by the LTTE and their illegal acquisition of air capability in the joint statement issued by India and Sri Lanka.

"I am worried that a deliberate, pre-planned and systematic misinformation is carried out by some vested interests by planting stories during the last few days as if a threat has been posed to the security of our Country," he said.