Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said that his Govt. is taking all possible steps for well being of displaced Tamils in the country. The primary responsibility of a Govt. is to look after all its citizens and I carry out this responsibility to the fullest.

He said that a wrong impression had been carried in Tamilnadu relating to this matter. This is far from the truth. They are our citizens and we take every measure to look after and provide for them.

Talking to media persons in his office the President maintained that - the friendly relations between Sri Lanka and India remained very strong and New Delhi had always helped us when necessary and supported us at every step.

The internally displaced (IDPs) were not more than 150,000. At present, there were food supplies for two months in the affected areas. Before few days a convoy of foof couldn't reach them because of culvert damage. But now that problem is gone the President assured.

In response to another querry, Mr. Rajapaksa said that in the telephone conversation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, there was no reference to stopping military operations against LTTE terrorism.

The Sri Lankan foreign secretary while talking on the developments in the Tamilnadu said, "recent activities there did not reflect the policies of New Delhi."