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Return to peace table, US tells LTTE The United States called on the LTTE to abandon terrorism in word and deed and return to the peace table. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage last Friday spoke to President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to express the United States continued support to the peace process and urged all parties to work together to return to negotiations. A press statement issued in Washington D.C. said that he welcomed President Kumaratunga's November 17 call for a return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. "President Kumaratunga has been consistent and forthright in her commitment to settling outstanding issues in the peace process in the framework of a united Sri Lanka. Deputy Secretary Armitage praised the efforts of Norway to facilitate the talks. "The Deputy Secretary strongly condemned recent terrorist actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that fly in the face of efforts by all other Sri Lankans and the international community to bring peace to this war-torn country. The murder yesterday of an army officer, clearly carried out by the LTTE, is only the most recent assault on the peace process. "The United States calls on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to abandon terrorism in word and deed and return to the peace table," the statement added. |
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