LTTE put off peace talks with Sri Lankan government
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, April 20, IRNA
Sri Lanka-Peace Envoy-PM
Sri Lanka's rebels, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Thursday indefinitely put off the peace talks with the Sri Lankan government which was rescheduled to held in Switzerland on April 24.
The LTTE told Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer they will not attend the talks reschedule for April 24 until a stable and conducive environment is created, said a PTI report here Thursday quoting group's political wing leader S P Thamilselvan.
"Until the Sri Lankan government implements what was agreed to in Geneva during previous talks in February, including the disarming of para militaries, the violence will not stop."
The LTTE again denied involvement in recent attacks on the military, which diplomat say have been pushing the island towards restarting its two decade civil war.
The talks were originally due on April 19 but later put off by five days at the request of the Tigers.
Hanssen-Bauer travelled to the rebel-held political headquarters in Kilinochchi on Thursday for talks with the LTTE on saving the ceasefire that came under renewed pressure following a surge in violence.
Earlier Bauer held a closed-door meeting with the prime minister on Tuesday, shortly after arriving in the island nation on a previously unannounced visit.
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