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The newly-elected president of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga, ordered this offensive after peace talks with the LTTE broke down after the Tigers attacked and destroyed Sri Lankan Navy gunboats and fired anti-aircraft missiles at Sri Lankan Airforce AVRO aircraft over Jaffna.
A Sri Lankan government delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed held peace talks with the LTTE. Although the talks seemed successful at the initial stages, no agreement was made on critical issues like the dissolution of the Northeast Provincial Council and repealing of the Sixth Amendment to the constitution.
Balasingham returned to Sri Lanka in 1990 to lead the LTTE delegation in the peace talks in Colombo. [7] [1] Following the collapse of the peace talks Balasingham and Wilby moved to Jaffna which had been taken over by the LTTE following the withdrawal of the IPKF. [7] [1] As well as political matters Balasingham was in charge of the media in ...
The tasks of the Economics Department were to promote private sector trade and investment in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka; provide logistical and technical support to the North East Donor Coordination Cluster of the National Council for Economic Development (NCED); identify and resolve policy and implementation issues affecting ...
Eastern Sri Lanka massacres: 16 October 1995: Villages in Eastern Sri Lanka: 120: LTTE [264] Padaviya massacre 21 October 1995: Padaviya, Anuradhapura: 19: LTTE [264] Boatta massacre Botalla, Polonnaruwa: 36: LTTE [264] Central Bank bombing: 31 January 1996: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo: 91: LTTE [105] Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee ...
Peace talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE [10] Session Period Location 1 16–18 September 2002 Sattahip Naval Base, Phuket, Thailand 2 31 October 2002 – 3 November 2002 Rose Garden hotel, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 3 2–5 December 2002 Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel, Oslo, Norway 4 6–9 January 2003 Rose Garden hotel, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 5
Sri Lanka's previous worst was 71 just over 20 years ago in Kandy against Pakistan. England routed South Africa in 75 balls in 1924. Sri Lanka all out for record-low 42 in Durban cricket test
The UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer and the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung condemned the shooting in Rambukkana and urged to maintain peace, law and order. [ 403 ] [ 404 ] The ambassador of Germany to Sri Lanka Holger Seubert praised the protests for being conducted in a peaceful manner.