India, on Saturday (April 18) asked both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE rebels to declare a ceasefire in the island nation.
"Our appeal to both the Sri Lanka government and the LTTE is to declare a ceasefire," External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Jangipur of India's eastern West Bengal state.
A day before, Mukherjee said that Tamil civilian casualties in Sri Lanka was totally unacceptable to India and that Colombo should ensure their safety and security.
Sri Lanka's two-day humanitarian truce ended on Wednesday and the military announced it was now free to begin a final assault to end the 25-year war against the rebel Tamil Tigers.
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