Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, April 11, 2002
Sri Lankan PM Sees Strong Chance of Peace
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday welcomed the conciliatory remarks by the Tamil Tiger leader, saying he saw a strong chance of finding a political solution to end Sri Lanka's 18-year-old separatist war, according to local media reports.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday welcomed the conciliatory remarks by the Tamil Tiger leader, saying he saw a strong chance of finding a political solution to end Sri Lanka's 18-year-old separatist war, according to local media reports.
Wickremesinghe said he will try to balance his concerns before deciding whether to lift a ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran said at his first news conference in 12 years on Wednesday that a ban on his group needs to be lifted before the Tigers can participate in peace talks in Thailand next month.