Clashes between Government troops and the LTTE are an almost daily occurrence, but negotiations really are the only solution, says Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama.
"The terrorists should return to the negotiating table. We are ready to talk tomorrow because we want peace in Sri Lanka and we want a political process, we don't want temporary resolutions, we want a dialogue towards accomplishing sustainable peace," said Minister Bogollagama during an interview with 'The Korea Herald'.
He added that his Government wants the LTTE, to come to talks without resorting to violence, "without targeting civilians and killing innocent people and thereby destroying the lives and property of the people in Sri Lanka."
To promote peace, the Government is engaging in fully eliminating terrorism, Bogollagama explained.
"We want the LTTE to be stakeholders in a democratic, pluralistic society which when we can have a dialogue in bringing about sustainable peace.
"From a political perspective they need to be interested in a sustainable constitutional process through which we can accommodate all traits of opinions and bring about the elimination of the divide in the political fabric," he said.
He emphasised that the Tamil community must be given the liberty and encouraged to have a leadership that respects the lives of others without resorting to 'terrorism'.
The LTTE must understand that there is no room for terrorism.
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