<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired a consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka on Saturday and said there was "unanimous support" on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this difficult time.</p>.<p>He also posted pictures on Twitter with MPs who attended the meeting of the Consultative Committee on External Affairs. Ministers of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, Meenakshi Lekhi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh also attended the meeting.</p>.<p>"Chaired a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. A good discussion held in a positive atmosphere on various issues and India's role" Jaishankar tweeted.</p>.<p>"Unanimous support on the need to stand with our neighbour in this difficult time," he said.</p>.<p>Sources said in the wake of the economic crisis, the refugee issue was also discussed. The committee was informed that the government is keeping a close watch on the situation and so far, only a few refugees have arrived in the country from Sri Lanka after the crisis unfolded in the island nation.</p>.<p>During the meeting, it was also conveyed that India gives financial credit to other nations on terms that do not put these countries in trouble in the future.</p>.<p>Opposition leaders such as Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) Tiruchi Siva, among others, attended the meeting.</p>.<p>Taking to Twitter, Chaturvedi said the meeting was briefed by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on the situation in Sri Lanka.</p>.<p>"All of us agreed that at the time of crisis we should stand firmly with Sri Lanka and support their recovery," she said.</p>.<p>Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sujeet Kumar and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajdeep Roy and G V L Narasimha Rao also attended the meeting.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka has been facing an economic crisis, which has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicines, cooking gas and fuel across the island nation.</p>.<p>The nearly-bankrupt country, with an acute foreign currency crisis that resulted in foreign debt default, had announced in April that it was suspending nearly $7 billion foreign debt repayment due for the year out of about $25 billion due through 2026. Sri Lanka's total foreign debt stands at $51 billion.</p>.<p>The Indian credit lines since January this year have provided a lifeline to the neighbouring country amid a growing public dissent over the worsening economic conditions.</p>
<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired a consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka on Saturday and said there was "unanimous support" on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this difficult time.</p>.<p>He also posted pictures on Twitter with MPs who attended the meeting of the Consultative Committee on External Affairs. Ministers of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, Meenakshi Lekhi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh also attended the meeting.</p>.<p>"Chaired a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. A good discussion held in a positive atmosphere on various issues and India's role" Jaishankar tweeted.</p>.<p>"Unanimous support on the need to stand with our neighbour in this difficult time," he said.</p>.<p>Sources said in the wake of the economic crisis, the refugee issue was also discussed. The committee was informed that the government is keeping a close watch on the situation and so far, only a few refugees have arrived in the country from Sri Lanka after the crisis unfolded in the island nation.</p>.<p>During the meeting, it was also conveyed that India gives financial credit to other nations on terms that do not put these countries in trouble in the future.</p>.<p>Opposition leaders such as Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) Tiruchi Siva, among others, attended the meeting.</p>.<p>Taking to Twitter, Chaturvedi said the meeting was briefed by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on the situation in Sri Lanka.</p>.<p>"All of us agreed that at the time of crisis we should stand firmly with Sri Lanka and support their recovery," she said.</p>.<p>Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sujeet Kumar and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajdeep Roy and G V L Narasimha Rao also attended the meeting.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka has been facing an economic crisis, which has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicines, cooking gas and fuel across the island nation.</p>.<p>The nearly-bankrupt country, with an acute foreign currency crisis that resulted in foreign debt default, had announced in April that it was suspending nearly $7 billion foreign debt repayment due for the year out of about $25 billion due through 2026. Sri Lanka's total foreign debt stands at $51 billion.</p>.<p>The Indian credit lines since January this year have provided a lifeline to the neighbouring country amid a growing public dissent over the worsening economic conditions.</p>