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There's fear of Sri Lanka crisis spillover, says EAM S Jaishankar

Says comparisons between India & Sri Lanka inaccurate, misplaced

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Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
India has given $3.8 billion as ‘humanitarian’ assistance to Sri Lanka, making it the biggest donor.  The country will ‘help and facilitate’ the island nation in its engagement with other multilateral funding bodies, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other debtors, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said after an all-party meeting on Sri Lanka.

Jaishankar said the initiative (all-party meeting) was taken by government in view of the fact that ‘there's a very serious crisis in Sri Lanka. “The situation there is unprecedented in terms of what we are seeing and the financial, social and political consequences of