Ban ki Moon stresses on dialogue to resolve impasse; SLMM: Military means cannot resolve the conflict; Norway’s role as the facilitator of peace process emphasized
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    • As the civil war intensifies in Sri Lanka, international interlocutors including UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon have emphasized on the power of dialogue between the two parties as the only way to resolve the impasse1. The confrontation between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army has shifted from the North to the South East with the army intensifying a multi-pronged attack on the LTTE. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) on its part has stated that the conflict cannot be resolved through military means. It has specifically castigated the Tamil media in Sri Lanka for its failure to condemn the violent activities of the LTTE2. Japan’s special envoy Yasushi Akashi has also called upon the Sri Lankan President to look for a political solution to the Sri Lankan conflict. Japan has also linked its aid package to the imperative of finding a political situation to the conflict3. Meanwhile, Norway, Japan, U.S. and the E.U. have publicly emphasized on the continuation of Norway’s role as the official facilitator to the peace process. The quartet called for the “continued monitoring of the human rights situation by such means as to assure an appropriate role for the U.N.”4

    In another development, a LTTE spy, Tambidurai Parameswaran was arrested in Tamil Nadu. Parameswaran was an intelligence wing operative of the LTTE5.

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