As far as the Liberation Tigers are concerned, I can assure you that we are seriously and sincerely committed to peace and that we will strive our utmost to ensure the success of the negotiations. |
Attempts to distort and misinterpret the joint statement issued by the parties after the Geneva talks will damage mutual trust and seriously undermine the peace process. |
Both parties are living in two different ideological universes. |
Even if the issues discussed transcend the confines of the text of the original truce, they cannot be construed as amendments. |
From our side it is a success. What we wanted was a commitment from the government to implement the ceasefire. |
It is extremely important for the government to take urgent measures to instruct its armed forces to cease acts of violence against civilians and the LTTE. |
It will lead to conditions of war and violence and it will block any forward movement of the peace talks and lead to the collapse of the peace process itself. |
It would serve no meaningful purpose if we enter into a recriminatory debate, making accusations and counter-accusations against each other over the abuses of the truce. |
On our part we have given our assurance there will be no act of violence by the L.T.T.E. against government forces. |
On our part we have pledged that there will be no acts of violence. |
On our part we have pledged that there will be no acts of violence. At the same time we want the government of Sri Lanka to ensure there shouldn't be any violence perpetrated against innocent civilians and the LTTE. |
On the request of the Norwegian peace envoy, the (rebel) leadership has agreed to participate in peace talks in Switzerland. |
The agenda is one line, but there are one thousand matters to discuss (on the ceasefire). |
The government has agreed to implement a clause in the agreement in relation to the paramilitary groups. This is a good sign. |
There are compromises made by both sides. |