New Delhi: India assured full assistance to Sri Lanka to meet the challenge posed by the LTTE but asked both sides to exercise restraint and find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the country.
At the two-day SAARC Summit External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India had suggested that the proposed devolution mechanism should be examined and implemented within a time frame.
"Military solution will not yield results," UNI quoted the Minister as saying.
India has assured the Sri Lanka goverment it would assist in finding a peaceful solution to conflict, Mukherjee said at a press conference.
To a question whether LTTE posed any threat to India, Mukherjee parried a direct reply saying threat perception of a country depended on various circumstances.
Terrorism and terrorist activities were the biggest menace to world peace and tranquility, he said.
(With Agency inputs)
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