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urges President, PM to settle differences
Two separate communications addressed to the President and the Prime Minister were delivered personally by the US Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead on Friday, an Embassy spokesman said. He said that the communications were mainly dealing with the need to find a speedy resolution to the current political impasse and the need to work together to resolve the issues. The Prime Minister's office said that it will be releasing the text of the letter. The messages came three days after U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage called for an end to the political impasse and for the early resumption of the peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE. Mr. Armitage had made the comments when he met with Minister Milinda Moragoda in Washington on Monday. Mr. Armitage had said that the political crisis would have a negative impact on the peace process until a clarification of responsibilities that would allow the Prime Minister to resume peace negotiations can be found. According to Deputy Spokesman of the U.S. State Department Adam Ereli, Mr. Armitage told the visiting Sri Lankan minister that the United States maintains a strong interest in Sri Lanka finding a resolution to its 20-year civil conflict. The United States, which co-chaired a conference of nations providing aid to Sri Lanka in June 2003 in Japan, according to Mr. Armitage, would consult with the other co-chairs--Japan, Norway and the European Union-- to "define a way forward after taking stock of the situation." |
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