Sri Lankan PM says no more truce with Tamil rebels
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said here Tuesday the government would never enter into any more cease-fire agreements with the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Wickramanayake said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had exploited cease-fire agreements with the government in the past.
"I will tell you one thing for sure. There will never be anymore cease-fire agreements in the future with the LTTE", the prime minister said.
Wickramanayake's government in January this year unilaterally withdrew from the February 2002 cease-fire.
The Norwegian backed cease-fire held until the end of 2005 when violence escalated. The new wave of violence in the island's long drawn out separatist armed conflict has so far cost over 7,000 lives since December 2005.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8164083.htm
Wickramanayake said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had exploited cease-fire agreements with the government in the past.
"I will tell you one thing for sure. There will never be anymore cease-fire agreements in the future with the LTTE", the prime minister said.
Wickramanayake's government in January this year unilaterally withdrew from the February 2002 cease-fire.
The Norwegian backed cease-fire held until the end of 2005 when violence escalated. The new wave of violence in the island's long drawn out separatist armed conflict has so far cost over 7,000 lives since December 2005.
Read more,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8164083.htm
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