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08:26, October 29, 2007 |
Some 16 political parties allied to the government led by President Mahinda Rajapakse are backing the government's action to eliminate terrorism, said a statement issued here Sunday.
The party leaders in the joint statement said that through the elimination of terrorism action must be taken to create a political environment in the island to make sure that the Tamil minority shared and enjoyed political power.
The leaders condemned last week's terror attack on the Sri Lanka Air Force base that was blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels, saying that parties must not be allowed to make political capital out of the losses suffered by the government troops.
Rajapakse has dubbed his government's present battle against the LTTE rebels as a campaign against terrorism. He said the military action was needed to force the rebels back into the negotiating table.
The government and the rebels ended their last face-to-face talks held in Geneva in October 2006 without any conclusion.
The February 2002 cease-fire agreement now exists only on paper while over 5,000 have died in the escalating conflicts since the end of 2005.
Source: Xinhua
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