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| Lanka, LTTE not heeding to our call |
| Lanka, LTTE not heeding to our call: US
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-April-2009
1:24:22 AM |
| Terming the situation in Sri Lanka as "difficult", the United States on Wednesday expressed its disappointment over neither Sri Lankan government nor the LTTE paying heed to their call or that of international community with regard to the ongoing conflict in the northern parts of the country.
"The problem is the parties (Sri Lankan Government and LTTE) are not heeding the call from not just the US, but from the broader international community," the State Department Acting spokesman, Robert Wood, said during his daily press briefing at the State Department headquarters at Foggy Bottom.
"We're trying to figure out ways that we can apply more pressure on both the government and the LTTE to cease their activities," Wood said, adding that a lot of diplomatic effort is going on right now on trying to end this conflict.
Wood termed fleeing of thousands of civilians trapped in the conflict zone as "positive development", and asked "both the Army and the LTTE to refrain from indiscriminate shelling into and from the no-fire zone."
"The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake, is in daily communication with senior Sri Lankan military and government officials," he said.
The State Department spokesman said the international community was very focused on trying to end this conflict and to push the parties in a direction that was going to not only end the hostilities, but also protect the civilians as all are very concerned about the situation on the ground.
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