Tamil Tigers warn of revived âfreedom struggleâ unless peace ...
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COLOMBO - The top Tamil Tiger leader has warned he will launch a âfreedom struggleâ unless peace talks resume soon, in what an analyst said was a veiled threat to revive Sri Lankaâs civil war.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s feared Tamil Tiger rebels has threatened to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that has killed more than 64,000 people if the government does not agree to discuss their demands soon.
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The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for independence in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government they are resuming their struggle and renewed civil war will deepen.
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A senior leader of Sri Lanka&#39;s rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said it is ready to resume peace talks with the government if its self-rule proposal gets a positive response, a local newspaper reported Sunday.
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Sri Lanka said Friday it could not return to the negotiating table with the Tamil Tigers unless there was a guarantee from the rebels that they would not walk away from the talks.
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Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday rejected Tamil Tiger rebelsâ demand for an unconditional resumption of talks and accused the guerrillas of using &quot;threatening language&quot; to undermine peace efforts.
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Tamil Tiger rebel leaders were set to travel to Europe for talks on Sri Lanka&#39;s stalled peace process, as fears that the island nation could slide back into war fester, a senior guerrilla official said.
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Colombo, Dec 15 (UNI) The Tamil Tigers today said the responsibility to resume the stalled peace process was entirely in the hands of the Freedom Alliance government led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
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COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday asked the Tamil Tigers to work for a negotiated political settlement to the ethnic conflict, a day after LTTE supremo V. Prabhakaran threatened to go back to war.
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While Sri Lanka's government and Tamil rebels trade daily accusations of truce-breaking and threaten each other with all-out war, observers and reporters keen to understand what is really happening are forced to try and read between the lines.
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The Sri Lankan government says a wave of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels is undermining confidence in the peace process, which has been stalled since April 2003.
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Norway, which brokered a cease-fire that halted Sri Lanka&#39;s two-decade civil war, isn&#39;t confident peace talks will resume between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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COLOMBO - The leader of Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tigers on Saturday hinted at a return to war if the government does not agree to an immediate revival of peace talks on the basis of the rebels&#39; proposals for an interim self-governing authority for the claimed
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are ready for   talks with the government to halt a new episode of civil war, a   top rebel leader said on Tuesday, but he warned violence would   spread if army offensives continued.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger insurgency is threatening to resume armed struggles unless the government accepts the rebels&#39; blueprint for self-rule.
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Colombo, Nov 28 : The Sri Lankan government today asked the Tamil Tigers to work for a negotiated political settlement to the decades-old ethnic strife, a day after LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran threatened to go back to war.
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The United Nations and Nordic truce monitors have voiced grave concern for 35,000 &quot;desperate civilians&quot; caught in the crossfire between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels.