COLOMBO, Oct 9: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday said the government would continue to unleash military attacks on the LTTE if the rebels do not stop targeting troops and carrying out terrorist attacks on state-controlled areas.
He made this statement when he met the ambassadors of four countries representing the main foreign donors to Sri Lanka, referred to as the co-chairs to the Sri Lankan peace process.
Mr Rajapakse told the co-chair envoys from the United States (US), Japan, Norway and Germany that the government was ready to resume peace talks with the Tamil Tiger separatists at end of this month, but that military action would not stop until all LTTE hostilities ceased.
The meeting between the president and the co-chair ambassadors held at the President’s House comes a day after the LTTE accused the Sri Lankan military of readying for a major offensive in the Northern Jaffna district. The government has denied LTTE allegations.
Meanwhile, Senior Government Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, who headed the government delegation for peace talks with the guerilla leadership in February this year, told a rally on Monday that the government would continue to take steps to find a political solution to the Tamil question.
