Govt has road map to end conflict - FM
[Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 5.30 GMT]

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Monday (3) assured the EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Mrs. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, that “the Government has a road map in seeking to bring the conflict in Sri Lanka to an end” and that working out the parameters of a political settlement for the process of constitutional reform, was being finalized by a group headed by the Prime Minister, together with leaders of the Political Parties participating in the All Party Representative Committee (APRC).
  
He said the final proposals that would emanate from the APRC would be comprehensive, sustainable and satisfy the concerns of all parties. The Minister also re-iterated, that while the Government had no desire to seek a military solution to the present conflict, it would however be compelled to undertake military engagements, in the event that the LTTE were to threaten the sovereignty, national security and the safety of the people of Sri Lanka.
  
Minister Bogollagama made these observations in wide-ranging talks held at the  European Commission in Brussels, responding to Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner, who sought the Minister’s views on the Sri Lanka Government’s position on finding a negotiated political settlement to the conflict and expressed concern whether the Government was seeking to pursue a military solution, following its recent military success in the Eastern Province. Earlier, the Commissioner had emphasized that the EU strongly condemned terrorism and the actions of the LTTE, and that the listing of the
LTTE as a terrorist organization within the EU amplified that position.

 

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Last Updated Date: September 06, 2007 - 5.30 GMT