Velayutham Dayanidhiwas a leading member and media spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka... (wikipedia)
We have asked Norway to announce a fresh date for the talks because we are going to have a central committee meeting before that.
Now we have evolved a system under which we take down details from parents who believe their children are with us.
There is no connection whatsoever between us and this attack. The Liberation Tigers were not involved in any activity that breaches the cease-fire agreement.
There is no connection between us and this explosion. Acts such as this are deplorable.
The people entered into LTTE-controlled territory and ambushed and killed him.
Our leadership is considering it but we have to discuss many practical things with the Norwegians.
Whoever wins the presidential election will have no choice but to meet us to discuss the peace process since the conflict involves us. So with this in mind, we are ready to meet any party that comes to power.
We are not pulling out from the cease-fire agreement or anything.
We are not involved. We are not going to break the cease-fire agreement.
This release is part of a process taken up by us to ensure that underage youths who voluntarily join the LTTE are sent back to their parents.
The ... Tigers were not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement.
The three sailors died. One Sea Tiger cadre was injured.
Stopping the violence is essential to bring normalcy back to the lives of the people. And that would have to come by fully implementing the existing cease-fire agreement.
There was no new proposal that could be accepted by us, so there was no reason for a meeting.
It will affect the atmosphere of the peace process.
The two main problems remain the peace talks venue and how to implement the cease-fire.
The meeting was about starting peace talks and stopping the violence.