03-22-2004, 12:53 AM
Kumaratunga bluffing, say LTTE factions
PTI [ MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2004 02:17:25 AM ]
COLOMBO : With peace talks emerging as a key issue in the run-up to the April 2 polls in Sri Lanka , the LTTE and its breakaway faction leader today rejected claims by President Chandrika Kumaratunga that her party was in contact with them.
It is totally an untruthful statement, LTTEs political wing leader S P Thamilselvan said, referring to Kumaratungas public remarks that her party was in contact with LTTE and that they had expressed willingness to resume negotiations with her.
However, he said LTTE were committed to resume peace talks with a possible government led by Kumaratunga after the parliamentary vote. Kumaratunga said in an interview to BBC last week that there had been various contacts between her party and the mainstream Tiger leadership, but refused to give details.
She also said the renegade rebel leader V Muralitharan, better known as Karuna, had tried to make contact with her, but she refused to reciprocate his overtures.
Thanx: India Times
PTI [ MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2004 02:17:25 AM ]
COLOMBO : With peace talks emerging as a key issue in the run-up to the April 2 polls in Sri Lanka , the LTTE and its breakaway faction leader today rejected claims by President Chandrika Kumaratunga that her party was in contact with them.
It is totally an untruthful statement, LTTEs political wing leader S P Thamilselvan said, referring to Kumaratungas public remarks that her party was in contact with LTTE and that they had expressed willingness to resume negotiations with her.
However, he said LTTE were committed to resume peace talks with a possible government led by Kumaratunga after the parliamentary vote. Kumaratunga said in an interview to BBC last week that there had been various contacts between her party and the mainstream Tiger leadership, but refused to give details.
She also said the renegade rebel leader V Muralitharan, better known as Karuna, had tried to make contact with her, but she refused to reciprocate his overtures.
Thanx: India Times
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