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Govt. sets 3 conditions for talks
Sunday, 1 October 2006 - 5:49 AM SL Time
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Any future peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will hinge on its leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, agreeing in writing or verbally to three major conditions, a Government spokesman said last night.
1. Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told The Sunday Times that the three conditions were:
2. A specific time frame should be provided by the LTTE to resume and conclude peace talks.
3. The LTTE should give an assurance to the international community and Donor Co-chairs of the peace process that it will not use sea routes to smuggle into Sri Lanka any military hardware.
The LTTE should make a commitment that it would not resort to any violence during the period of the peace talks.
Mr. Rambukwella hinted that if the LTTE did not agree to these conditions of the Government, the dialogue with it would be at stake. This is when he said that `if they (the LTTE) don`t pay heed, we will have to fall back on the process we have already set in motion - the All-Party Conference, the All-Party Representative Committee and the Panel of Experts - to formulate a settlement to the ethnic issue`.
He said the Government would arrive at a formula after due consultation and implement it. This was becoming more salutary since there was increasing co-operation between the political parties now.
Commenting on the LTTE`s offer of unconditional talks if the Government halted what it called its military offensive, Mr. Rambukwella said, `we have not resorted to any offensive action. The security forces are only defending themselves against the military actions of the LTTE.`
He pointed out that a firm commitment must come from Mr. Prabhakaran and not from the LTTE`s Political Wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan or others. `He (Mr. Thamilselvan) and the others have made pledges before but have gone back on them,` he added.
conveyed to Norway`s Special Envoy Jon Hanssen Bauer who arrives in Colombo today.
Mr. Bauer, who will be in Sri Lanka for a week is to hold talks beginning tomorrow with Government leaders. He is to fly to Kilinochchi on Tuesday. There he is expected to convey to the LTTE leadership the conditions placed by the Government and obtain a response.
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tarquin
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 30 Sep 2006 23:02:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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The EU and the donor co-chairs wanted talks without conditions but this Rambuttan moron wants conditions.
This is just a whitewash to fool the co-chiars and the IC to avoid peace talks. |
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 30 Sep 2006 23:03:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Finally Sri Lanka has a government with a back bone. |
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30 Sep 2006 23:05:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Conditions should be discussed at the conference table.......why anybody is laying down conditions for PEACE talks is baffling me...first you have to get the LTTE to the table and then lay the conditions.......not the other way around......thats if GOSL is genuinely interested in peace :( :( :(
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30 Sep 2006 23:15:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus)
this Rambuttan moron wants conditions.
I'm a beggar and I'm a chooser
I'm accused, I'm an accuser
But nothing's unconditional
I hold the whole world accused
I've only got myself to blame
I wonder why, I never wonder why
The easiest things are so hard.............
Artist: The Bravery
Song: Unconditional
LOL :) :) :)
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30 Sep 2006 23:20:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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PKF,
This time too, they are hoping travel to Oslo to make the best of it there.........
So what????
Heard there are some good brothels up there :)
Thamil Selva and Rohitha malli can get together to do their extra curricular activities with Nordic hookers:) :)
See ya in the morning..
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 30 Sep 2006 23:26:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Out of topic,
'The Sri Lankan armed forces came into an LTTE controlled area and attacked our members,' said S. Puleedevan, head of the Tigers' peace secretariat. 'They are trying to distort the story saying we went into their territory.'
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP36749.htm
Didn't you fire at the attackers??
This is news to me.
Thanks pulli for answering Berty..
STF did a brilliant job.
Edited By - mavilaru - 30 Sep 2006 23:27:39 GMT |
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30 Sep 2006 23:26:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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but the mosquito doesn't know what exactly it did.......
Mosquito made some unnecessary noises in a public place before it got the WHACK!!!!
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30 Sep 2006 23:31:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Rumbuttab , please keep the condition with your PUNNAKKU pple .Come to the reality , when are you going to go to Oslo not for shopping but for PEACE TALK ? or do you have any military surprise in near future like Thailand ? |
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Hi PKF, Chandana Malli,
How are you guys foing? Any saturday drinks etc.?
I am very pleased that we are heading into right tracks in cornering these loonies. Conditional talks would lead to effective committed peace or else no peace.
Keheliya you are on target this time. Set the conditions and we'll march on.
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1 Oct 2006 00:18:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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Malli Chandana,
What's wrong malayo? You seem sad and lost. What happened to the seniority?
Anyway, hope you are not hurt or angry at anything. After all I wish you very best in any thing you do. You are a top notch young man malli. Very few guys have the good quality of yours with sense of kindness and humour you have.
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