12 Quotes by Jehan Perera

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    She will keep the military option open because, given the track record of the LTTE, ... she cannot afford to lower her guard,

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    If a compromise can be reached for a mutually agreeable venue for talks, that will be decisive in the level of violence.

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    He now has the ability to be more conciliatory and more accommodating -- he has the space to do that. The next few days will tell us whether he is going to do that.

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    The president needs to go much further than he has been prepared to go. There needs to be much greater commitment at the highest level for this to work out. It would seem we are returning to war.

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    Both sides have shown an accommodative stance to get to talks. This could be a strategic move, but the basic thing is that there shouldn't be a situation where war could be a reasonable expectation.

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    Cooperation between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels is at a standstill or even dead at the moment,

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    Norway wants both sides to be committed to the cease-fire. Apart from that, I think Norway wants the government to give an assurance that certain of its coalition allies, which have been publicly denouncing the Norwegians, will be restrained from doing so.

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