Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Nihal Rodrigo recently spoke to Beijing Review, about the current situation between the government and the LTTE.

Beijing Review: What is the current situation in Sri Lanka regarding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam? Nihal Rodrigo: In 2002, the Tigers and Sri Lankan Government reached a ceasefire agreement. Though it was not perfect, at least it temporarily stopped some of the LTTE-sponsored violence. They had many rounds of negotiations with us, but this was stopped two

库恰:街区活力之源——巴基斯坦拉合尔古城纳乌·尼哈尔·辛格宅第街区的社会肌理分析

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