Colombo, Oct 18 : Sri Lanka''s Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that the country is fully conscious of the concerns being expressed in India over the developments in the island nation.

Bogollagama, during his talks with India''s High Commissioner Alok Prasad in Colombo on Friday, said that his country intends to further discuss and address the issue in the spirit of the ‘existing excellent bilateral relations’.

Earlier, India asked Sri Lanka to address its concerns over the humanitarian situation in the island nation.

New Delhi, Oct 17 : Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner C R Jayasinghe to convey India''s concerns over Sri Lankan army’s offensive against ethnic Tamils in the island nation.

According to reports, Menon told Jayasinghe that Sri Lanka should take steps to address India''s concerns over humanitarian situation there and stop killing and harassment of Indian fishermen. 

Colombo  - A United Nations food convoy consisting of 50 trucks heading to rebel-held areas in northern Sri Lanka, where tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced, was forced to turn back Thursday due to firing by the rebels, the military claimed.

A military statement said that the trucks turned back at Puliyankulam, 280 kilometres north of the capital, and returned to Vavuniya, the town from where they started their journey.

The military blamed rebels for launching an "indiscriminate artillery and heavy mortar attack."

New Delhi, Oct 15 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Lanka issue is a cause for serious concern after Tamil Nadu MPs’ warned that they will quit if a solution to the Sri Lankan Tamil problem is not worked out within two weeks.

“We believe, the situation in Sri Lanka does not call for military victory but negotiated, political settlement that respects Sri Lankan sovereignty and human rights of ethnic Tamils,” he said.

“We are also concerned about harassment and killing of Indian fishermen in the maritime area between India and Sri Lanka,” the PM said.