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Attack on Pakistani ambassador to Sri Lanka: Kollupitiya, Colombo District: 7: LTTE: A convoy carrying the Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohamed, was attacked by a claymore mine concealed within an auto rickshaw. The High Commissioner escaped unhurt, but seven people were killed and a further 17 were injured in the blast.
The SCOPP was created with the following goals: to help implement government decisions, monitor the ceasefire agreement between the government and the LTTE, provide research and logical support to the government during political negotiations and to the National Advisory Council on Peace and Reconciliation, coordinate with local and international organizations on matters pertaining to the peace ...
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.
The war with the LTTE halted following the signing of a ceasefire agreement in 2002 with the help of international mediation. However, renewed violence broke out in December 2005 and following the collapse of peace talks, the army was once again involved in heavy fighting in the north and east of the country, until the LTTE's defeat in 2009.
Though the conflict was between the Tamil and Sinhalese people, India and Sri Lanka signed the peace accord instead of India influencing both parties to sign a peace accord among themselves. The peace accord assigned a certain degree of regional autonomy in the Tamil areas, with Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) controlling ...
The flag of Tamil Eelam, which is prohibited from being displayed on non-educational websites in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government has a history of blocking various pro-LTTE websites such as Tamilnet and Tamilnation. A government spokesman has said that he is looking to hire hackers to disable Tamilnet. [5] [6] Display of the flag of Tamil ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has mediated peace talks between Myanmar's ruling military and rebel groups, and the parties agreed on a temporary ceasefire and to maintain dialogue, Beijing said on ...
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