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COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president offered to open peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday even as security forces were locked in combat with the guerrillas.
'I am ready to talk even today in the present circumstances,' he quoted the president as saying. 'I am a total democrat and I believe in a peaceful negotiated settlement.'
Is this call a prelude for a major military offensive in the North? or Is this call due to any warnings from India? |