Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Visiting Vice President of India CP Radhakrishnan on Sunday met leaders of political parties in the North and East and Indian Origin Tamil parties during his visit to Sri Lanka, reinforcing India's commitment to the welfare of the Tamil community in the island.

The meeting, held during the Vice President's official visit to Sri Lanka, served as a platform for regional leaders to express their gratitude for India's swift and substantial humanitarian interventions over recent months, according to Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India.

A central theme of the discussion was the impact of India's $450 million rehabilitation and relief package, dispatched in the wake of ...