NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — India has called for a “pause” in the fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels to allow the evacuation of thousands of civilians trapped in the nation’s northern war zone.
In a statement issued Saturday, India’s external affairs minister, Pranab Mukherjee, warned that the humanitarian crisis was “building up with every passing day” in Sri Lanka.
Mukherjee referred to the recent rebel offer of a cease-fire as an “opportunity” for the Sri Lankan government to stave off the crisis.
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