Robert O.Blake, the US Ambassador for Sri Lanka, addressing the Conference stated that any assistance for development extended to the country will not make a meaningful impact unless there is a permanent solution to the national question, that cripples the country.

Although he has made his speech on the lines of the foreign policy of his country, he has clearly conveyed a message that there can never be a military solution for the country’s problem.

The US Ambassador went further and stressed that while congratulating the President Rajapakse for securing a majority for his government in the Parliament, he would emphasize that such Parliamentary majority must be a basis for a dialogue between the government and the LTTE for credible power sharing.

Many other diplomats too spoke in the same strain. They expressed the same view.

Irt is therefore clear that the international community is increasingly becoming aware of the fact that the country is moving towards a military solution.

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