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"en.20060518.22.4-157"2
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Mr President, I should like to express my great concern about the breakdown of the peace process in Sri Lanka. I would appeal to all parties to renounce the vicious cycle of violence and to approach this dispute constructively. All parties must abandon violence once and for all. After an encouraging return to the negotiating table in February, the LTTE’s refusal to participate in the second round in April was very disappointing. The LTTE needs to resume peace negotiations with the Government of Sri Lanka, and the government too must be careful not to jeopardise the very delicate peace process.
In my view the Commission needs to play a more proactive role to enable this process to move forward. The European Union, as we have heard, is a Co-Chair, but we appear to be playing a rather passive role, rather than seeing ourselves as dynamic players.
I believe that together with the other Co-Chairs – the USA, Norway and Japan – we should urgently consider how we can strengthen Norway’s role as facilitator, in order to make positive progress towards a peaceful resolution and to get an agreed roadmap to end this conflict.
The European Union is pouring enormous resources into Sri Lanka. We need to get some real results to ensure that the lives of the people there are remarkably improved."@en1
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