09-05-2003, 09:14 PM
<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>British Tory leader refuses to lobby for LTTE de-proscription </span>
[ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka]
Sept 05, Colombo: Britain's shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram has refused to entertain the LTTE's request for de-proscription in British parliament and said the Tigers must first withdraw from all terrorist activities.
Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft and Britain's High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Stephen Evens accompanied Ancram, a senior member of the opposition Conservatives, yesterday for talks with LTTE political wing leader S.P. Thamil Selvan.
It is learnt that the Tiger political leader made a request for the Tory leader's support to de-ban the LTTE in Britain at this discussion.
First the LTTE would lay down their arms and stop all anti-democratic activities in Sri Lanka, Mr. Ancram reportedly told the LTTE delegation. The British government banned the LTTE in line with tough anti-terrorism laws introduced in February 2001.
However, the British leader pledged his fullest support for rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in Sri Lanka's North and East.
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[ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka]
Sept 05, Colombo: Britain's shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram has refused to entertain the LTTE's request for de-proscription in British parliament and said the Tigers must first withdraw from all terrorist activities.
Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft and Britain's High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Stephen Evens accompanied Ancram, a senior member of the opposition Conservatives, yesterday for talks with LTTE political wing leader S.P. Thamil Selvan.
It is learnt that the Tiger political leader made a request for the Tory leader's support to de-ban the LTTE in Britain at this discussion.
First the LTTE would lay down their arms and stop all anti-democratic activities in Sri Lanka, Mr. Ancram reportedly told the LTTE delegation. The British government banned the LTTE in line with tough anti-terrorism laws introduced in February 2001.
However, the British leader pledged his fullest support for rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in Sri Lanka's North and East.
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