New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Relations with Sri Lanka and relations with Bangladesh are among the top important issues in India's neighbourhood foreign policy, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Chairperson Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday and noted that the panel had earlier been briefed by subject experts, including former diplomats to Sri Lanka, earlier this year.

The committee on Tuesday heard views of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject 'India-Sri Lanka Relations and the way ahead'.

Tharoor, a Congress MP and former Union Minister, said after the meeting that a draft report will be prepared which will then be agreed upon and submitted to Parliament. He said the Committee is taking all issu...