10-16-2003, 06:43 PM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Canada ready to ban LTTE if Tigers permanently withdraw from peace talks </span>
Thursday, October 16, 2003, 6:55 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
[size=14]"The ending of child recruitment, bringing a halt to political killings and respecting human rights must be respected in word and deed."
Oct 16, Colombo: Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham has warned that Ottawa would have to ban the LTTE if it fails to show full commitment to the peace process.
He said Canada has imposed restrictions on LTTE functions on its soil but has temporarily suspended proscribing it due to the peace process.
Minister Graham told the media in Colombo yesterday that Canada would definitely ban the LTTE if it continues to engage in acts of terrorism.
He urged the LTTE to re-enter negotiations with the Sri Lankan government and said the LTTE should adhere to conditions laid down in the ceasefire agreement and stop recruiting children to its fighting ranks.
"The ending of child recruitment, bringing a halt to political killings and respecting human rights must be respected in word and deed," the visiting Minister told the press.
Mr. Graham said the Tigers need to stop all forms of genocide and allow democracy to establish itself in the Northeast. The Canadian Foreign Minister stressed Ottawa's fullest support for Sri Lanka's peace process.
Speaking on landmines, he urged both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to join the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines.
Minister Graham in addition denied that the Liberal Party had received financial contributions from the LTTE. He also stressed that the party had not received funds from organisations connected to the LTTE.
Mr. Graham met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe yesterday morning and is due to visit Jaffna today. He also met with Ministers Prof. G.L. Peiris and SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem and other government officials. His meeting with the President was cancelled by the Presidential Secretariat yesterday
http://www.colombopage.com/archive/October...r1665544CH.html
Thursday, October 16, 2003, 6:55 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
[size=14]"The ending of child recruitment, bringing a halt to political killings and respecting human rights must be respected in word and deed."
Oct 16, Colombo: Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham has warned that Ottawa would have to ban the LTTE if it fails to show full commitment to the peace process.
He said Canada has imposed restrictions on LTTE functions on its soil but has temporarily suspended proscribing it due to the peace process.
Minister Graham told the media in Colombo yesterday that Canada would definitely ban the LTTE if it continues to engage in acts of terrorism.
He urged the LTTE to re-enter negotiations with the Sri Lankan government and said the LTTE should adhere to conditions laid down in the ceasefire agreement and stop recruiting children to its fighting ranks.
"The ending of child recruitment, bringing a halt to political killings and respecting human rights must be respected in word and deed," the visiting Minister told the press.
Mr. Graham said the Tigers need to stop all forms of genocide and allow democracy to establish itself in the Northeast. The Canadian Foreign Minister stressed Ottawa's fullest support for Sri Lanka's peace process.
Speaking on landmines, he urged both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to join the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines.
Minister Graham in addition denied that the Liberal Party had received financial contributions from the LTTE. He also stressed that the party had not received funds from organisations connected to the LTTE.
Mr. Graham met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe yesterday morning and is due to visit Jaffna today. He also met with Ministers Prof. G.L. Peiris and SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem and other government officials. His meeting with the President was cancelled by the Presidential Secretariat yesterday
http://www.colombopage.com/archive/October...r1665544CH.html
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