Sri Lanka truce still on: Monitors
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Agence France-Presse Jul 31, 2006 02:43 PM IST
Nordic truce monitors said the LTTE rebels had no intention of quitting the ceasefire.
Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday accused Sri Lanka of violating their truce with a renewed offensive, but Nordic truce monitors said the guerrillas had no intention of quitting the ceasefire.
The Swedish-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had lodged a formal complaint against military action in the island's northeast, but the ceasefire agreement was still on.
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"They have said that the government is violating the ceasefire, but they have not made any decision to resign from the ceasefire agreement," spokesman Thorfinnur Omarsson said.
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