Canada supports Co-Chairs' call

Canada supports the Tokyo Co-Chairs' call for the LTTE to discuss with the Government the terms of ending hostilities, including the renunciation of violence, the laying down of arms and the acceptance of the Government's amnesty as a first step towards political dialogue that could contribute to peace, said Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon in a statement issued on February 4.

Canada also called for an immediate ceasefire to allow evacuation of the sick and the wounded and to deliver humanitarian assistance.