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Tamilnation > Struggle for Tamil Eelam > Conflict Resolution - Tamil Eelam - Sri Lanka > Norwegian Peace Initiative > LTTE's Unilateral Ceasefires > LTTE Declares Month Long Unilateral Ceasefire as a Goodwill Measure to Facilitate Peace Talks, 21 December 2000
LTTE Press Statement, 21 December 2000
Released by LTTE International Secretariat,
211 Katherine Rd, London E6 1BU, United Kingdom.
phone : 44 20 8503
4294
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in an official
statement issued today from its headquarters in Vanni, northern Sri Lanka,
announced the declaration of a month long unilateral cease-fire as a gesture of
goodwill during the festive season to facilitate and promote initiatives towards
a peace process.
'Mr. Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader and military commander of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam, has issued orders to all units and combat formations of
the Tamil liberation army to cease hostile military actions against the Sri
Lanka armed forces from midnight 24th December 2000 to midnight 24th January
2001', the LTTE's statement declared.
'We make this declaration of cessation of armed hostilities unilaterally hoping
that the Sri Lanka government will reciprocate positively and instruct its armed
forces to observe peace during the festive season of Christmas, New Year and
Pongal (Hindu Harvest Festival). Our decision to cease armed hostilities should
be viewed as a genuine expression of goodwill indicating our sincere desire for
peace and negotiated political settlement. We offer this space of peace to
facilitate and promote initiatives to create congenial conditions of normalcy
de-escalating the armed confrontation', the statement said.
'If Sri Lanka responds positively by ceasing armed hostilities against our
forces and takes steps to implement the Norwegian proposal of mutual confidence
building measures, the LTTE will be prepared to extend the period of peace to
create cordial conditions for a stable cease-fire and direct negotiations', the
statement further stated.
