Word: saravanamuttu
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...diplomat stresses. Moreover, for the first time the Tigers explicitly withdrew their claim to create a separate nation in the north and east of the country. "[Kumaratunga] has erased at a stroke the personal rapport and confidence built up between the Tigers and members of the government," says Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of Sri Lanka's nongovernmental Center for Policy Alternatives. "At best, the peace process is in cold storage. At worst, anything could happen...
...declared the cessation "invalid" but said, "My commitment to peace is total." Most worryingly, in two addresses to the nation, Kumaratunga declined to elaborate on plans for ending a conflict that has already claimed some 64,000 lives. "People are wondering what the hell she will do next," says Saravanamuttu...