S.Lankan PM Says No Assurances Given to Tamil Rebels

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S.Lankan PM Says No Assurances Given to Tamil Rebels

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that no assurances have been given to separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the run up to the proposed peace talks and that the question of an interim administration will be discussed only when negotiations proceed, the official Daily News said on Monday.

Addressing a gathering, Wickremesinghe said an interim administration needed the approval of the parliament and needed tobe ratified by the people.

He said for the first time in 20 years the acts of the Tamil rebels had come under the legal framework of the country and made subject to an indefinite ceasefire agreement. Their deeds were nowcoming under the scrutiny of the international community.

He explained that while there were hopes for an early peace there were also reasonable suspicions. The military is being trained and placed on alert for any eventuality, he said.

Global opinion had turned in favor of the government and this was vital to keep the Tamil rebels in check, he said.

The government and Tamil rebels signed an indefinite ceasefire agreement in February and both sides are expected to hold talks inThailand in June.

The Tamil rebels has demanded that the forthcoming talks focus on an interim administration to be established in the north and east of the country where they have been fighting for an independent Tamil homeland since 1983. More than 64,000 people have been killed in the bloody ethnic war.

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