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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 2474665" data-attributes="member: 92282">"The Government of Sri Lanka is not prepared for ceasefire with the LTTE", announced state controlled Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Tuesday morning in all three languages, quoting Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the defense secretary and a brother of the Sri Lanka's President Mahnda Rajapaksa. "The ceasefire announcement is a ploy by the LTTE when it is being militarily weakened in the war front, to strengthen it militarily under the guise of holding negotiation. There is no need for the government to enter into a ceasefire agreement with the LTTE" the SLBC news report quoted as Gothabaya Rajapakse as saying."If we have to believe the LTTE they should first disarm themselves and then surrender," Defense Secretary was quoted as saying in the government media.Meanwhile Dr.Rajiva Wijesinghe, Secretary General of the Government Peace Secretariat (SCOPP) was quoted as saying that the GoSL wanted to see the announcement made through Norway. "We need peace. We will wait and see if they will make the offer to us directly or through Norway (the peace facilitator), if they (LTTE) are serious about it," Wijesinghe told AFP. "They (LTTE) has offered similar things in the past and militarily beefed up their capabilities. We need to be careful," Wijesinghe said.<a href="http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=26413" target="_blank">tamilnet</a></blockquote>

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