Lord Naseby urges LTTE to give up arms

Walter JAYAWARDHANA

London: Lord Naseby, senior member of the House of Lords said in London that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should immediately lay down arms and start negotiations with the Government without causing further bloodshed.

He made this statement to this correspondent after visiting a photo exhibition organised by the Sri Lankans Against Terrorism with the help of the Presidential Media Unit and the Sri Lanka High Commission in London.He said, "My message to them is there is nothing to fight; seeking peace is the most wanted thing for all the people in Sri Lanka at the moment.. So, lay down your arms and go to peace negotiations with the Government." Lord Naseby requested Britons not to support the LTTE which is a proscribed organisation in the UK. "I am well aware of what has been happening in Sri Lanka for few decades and believe that the Government of Sri Lanka does not in any way discriminate minorities."

He said he was glad and impressed about the photo exhibition and wanted to thank the London High Commissioner, Nihal Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka for putting together an exhibition of "true photos" and he hoped and wished the British public would visit it and have a true picture of what is happening in this country as a result of terrorism. He said the exhibition opened at Center One Hall on Chadwick Hall depicting the atrocities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was "timely" and "moving."