Thursday, May 31, 2007

Time ripe to take a decision on ceasefire, Sri Lanka government

Sri Lanka Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said to media today that the time is ripe for the government to take a decision on the ceasefire agreement signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).

The Minister said that there is a huge contrast between the articles in the ceasefire agreement and the ground reality.

The government is seemed responding to the consecutive bomb attacks by the Tamil Tigers targeting the military vehicles in Colombo and suburbs.

The government is under severe pressure from the Sinhala nationalists to abolish the Memorandum of Understanding signed in February 2002 with the LTTE.

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http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/May30144542SL.html

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