01-09-2006, 11:44 AM
<b>"Prabakaran and I will both die in Sri Lanka"-President</b>
(Jan 8, 2.30 pm) The President is reported to have eased his hard line stand on conducting peace talks in Oslo at a discussion held yesterday with Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians. The President has requested TNA members to send a group to talk with the LTTE to persuade them to return to the negotiating process.
"Both Prabakaran and I are going to die in Sri Lanka So there shouldn't be any arguments over holding talks in Sri Lanka",
" No way will I go to Oslo" President has said
However when TNA parliamentarians proposed that Oslo should be the venue of the first round of talks, even though the President did not agree, he has not shown much dissent either.
The TNA MPs have appealed to the President to look into long term benefits that could be gained from holding talks in Oslo.
Meanwhile the President has also given an assurance to TNA legislators that he would not let murderers of Pararajasingham and five students to get away.
The TNA was represented at the meeting by R.Sampanthan, Suresh Premachandran, N. Raviraj and Gajendra Ponnambalam. Associated with the President were Minister maithreepala Sirisena and Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=1550
(Jan 8, 2.30 pm) The President is reported to have eased his hard line stand on conducting peace talks in Oslo at a discussion held yesterday with Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians. The President has requested TNA members to send a group to talk with the LTTE to persuade them to return to the negotiating process.
"Both Prabakaran and I are going to die in Sri Lanka So there shouldn't be any arguments over holding talks in Sri Lanka",
" No way will I go to Oslo" President has said
However when TNA parliamentarians proposed that Oslo should be the venue of the first round of talks, even though the President did not agree, he has not shown much dissent either.
The TNA MPs have appealed to the President to look into long term benefits that could be gained from holding talks in Oslo.
Meanwhile the President has also given an assurance to TNA legislators that he would not let murderers of Pararajasingham and five students to get away.
The TNA was represented at the meeting by R.Sampanthan, Suresh Premachandran, N. Raviraj and Gajendra Ponnambalam. Associated with the President were Minister maithreepala Sirisena and Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=1550
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