Sri Lanka cannot negotiate with LTTE, says diplomat
A negotiated end to Sri Lanka's dragging conflict is still possible but not before the Tamil Tigers are "verifiably demilitarised and democratised," says one of the most high-profile diplomats of that country.
Dayan Jayatilleka also said in an interview that the conflict would only end when Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive and feared leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), gets "demilitarised one way or another".
Jayatilleka, who enjoys a close rapport with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was asked if there was any room for a possible negotiated settlement to end a war that has claimed over 70,000 lives since 1983 and still rages.
"Yes but not with the Tigers, and certainly not with Prabhakaran," the 51-year-old said over email from Geneva, where he is Sri Lanka's permanent representative to the UN and other international organisations based in Switzerland.
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Dayan Jayatilleka also said in an interview that the conflict would only end when Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive and feared leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), gets "demilitarised one way or another".
Jayatilleka, who enjoys a close rapport with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was asked if there was any room for a possible negotiated settlement to end a war that has claimed over 70,000 lives since 1983 and still rages.
"Yes but not with the Tigers, and certainly not with Prabhakaran," the 51-year-old said over email from Geneva, where he is Sri Lanka's permanent representative to the UN and other international organisations based in Switzerland.
Read more,
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=67470
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