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'Permanent peace should dawn'

by Jaffna special correspondent

"Permanent peace should dawn in Sri Lanka is the fervent yearning of everyone in this country. The Tamils should be able to live with self respect and harmony with the Sinhalese in this country. I will work towards the realisation of this goal. I have a fear whether I will be alive to see and enjoy the blooming of peace", said Dr. Jayalath Jayawardane, Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees.

He was speaking at Uduvil after he opened an agricultural and horticultural produce processing centre.

The French Ambassador Ms Marie France Pagnier was the special guest at the function.

Minister Jayalath Jayawardena said that during the past twenty years the Tamils had been living in misery in the midst of devastation. During the last regime he wanted to come to Jaffna and meet the people but he was refused permission to come over here by the previous government. There was and there is a threat to his life by communal rabble rousers and reactionaries who are out to scuttle the peace negotiation with the LTTE.

He said that he had at one time taken refuge in the French Embassy to save his life. He added that A-9 highway will be opened for public use on or before the Sinhala Hindu New Year.

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