High Commissioner Faisz Musthapha is understood to have written to editor-in-chief Bill Emmott pointing out that the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka were shaded in a different colour and designated "Eelam".
The High Commissioner is understood to have pointed out to "The Economist" that the entire island constituted a single state named the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and there was no Eelam.
Mr. Musthapha is believed to have urged The Economist to take early steps to correct an erroneous impression that could be created in the minds of readers by the map which purported to imply the existence of a separate state called "Eelam".
