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| Indian participation in peace talks must, say TULF and JHU by Chamikara Weerasinghe The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) and the Jatika Hela Urumaya on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Foreign Minister-designate Lakshman Kadirgamar's decision to get the Indian Government's participation to play a "bigger role" in Sri Lanka's peace process. TULF President V. Anandasangaree said he was pleased to hear that Rajapakse and Kadirgarmar had met Indian High Commissioner Nirupam Sen last Wednesday to discuss this matter. Anandasangaree said he had always maintained that the participation of the Indian Government was a "must" in the peace talks. He wondered how India was gradually left out from the Norwegian facilitated peace talks under former UNF regime. The TULF leader said although the UNF started the peace process by mentioning importance of its participation at the initial stages, it later became an affair of Germany, Japan , Norway and other countries except India. "Norway or any other country may facilitate the talks for peace in Sri Lanka between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Government, but that does not mean India should be left out," he said adding even LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham maintained that participation of India was a must for the success of the peace process. Thilak Karunaratne of the Jatika Hela Uryumaya said the Freedom Alliance Government had taken an all-important stride to successfully solve the LTTE problem calling for Indian participation in the Norwegian-facilitated peace talks. He said it was only through Indian participation that Sri Lanka can negotiate a pragmatic solution to the war and unrest in the North East. "Norway may assist the process as a facilitator as the talks continue with participation of India," he said. |
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