Sri Lanka Government will not enter ceasefire now
Government won’t enter a ceasefire when LTTE is militarily weak, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was quoted as saying to media in Sri Lanka.
Minister Nimal Siripala Silva, a negotiator for Government of Sri Lanka at the previously held peace talks told parliament on Tuesday evening that the “Government was not ready to accept any ceasefire that would supply oxygen to the LTTE”.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) on Tuesday announced that the movement would observe unilateral ceasefire during the period of SAARC conference from 26th July to 04 August, giving cooperation for the success of the conference. Conveying goodwill and trust of the Tamil people, the LTTE Political Wing, in a press statement issued from Vanni said it wished for the success of the SAARC conference, extending the movement’s support to the “countries of our region, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.”
