We call upon both the government and the L.T.T.E. to immediately come to the table and immediately discuss the ceasefire. Venue is not the central issue. The central issue is simply to come to table.
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As soon as the parties bring the peace process back on track (...) donors will be more than ready to support them.Erik Solheim
In order to get the parties to the table it is crucial that the ceasefire is respected. If we can make some progress during my visit, I will be satisfied.
Erik Solheim
The big risk are spoilers who want to produce violence to undermine this positive effort. At the moment the parties should do their utmost to stop violence, but they should not let violent elements and spoilers derail the process.
Erik Solheim
A date has been agreed between the government, the Tigers and Oslo.
Erik Solheim
There may be a need for more meetings. They would be held in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe.
Erik Solheim
I think there's no other place in the entire world where four major key world religions are meeting themselves on one small island and they all make up a substantial part of the population. If this was easy to solve, it would have been solved a long time back.
Erik Solheim
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