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Sri Lanka: Lord Malloch-Brown comments on the end of the Ceasefire Agreement

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Monday, 07 January 2008
thumb_fco_markmallochbrown2Lord Malloch-Brown, British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, commenting on the end of the Ceasefire Agreement said;

'I regret the lack of a genuine commitment to peace from the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka that has led to the end of the Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka.

'I pay tribute to the tireless efforts of Norwegian facilitators and the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, often in very difficult circumstances, to further the cause of peace in Sri Lanka.

'There can be no military solution to the conflict. It is vital now that the Government lives up to its commitment to address the grievances of Tamil people. It is essential that the final recommendations of the All Party Representative Committee issue soon and that the President urgently takes a bold and courageous lead from this foundation to set out a framework for a just political solution. We look to the political parties in Sri Lanka to place the need to work together for peace above their narrow self-interests.'

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