EU dissapointed on CFA abrogation

 
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner on the situation in Sri Lanka said that she deeply disappointed by the Sri Lankan government's decision to abrogate the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement. This decisions risks complicating the already difficult situation in the country.

"I firmly condemn LTTE's recent acts of terror and statements announcing further violence from their side, she said.

As Co-Chair together with Japan , US and Norway we have always held the view that violence is not the appropriate way to solve this conflict. A lasting solution can only come from a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement.
Issuing a press statement she said the EU hopes that the Sri Lankan government will come forward with a substantive devolution offer around which negotiations can start as soon as possible. As the Co-Chairs stated in Japan last year, for an arrangement to be credible to minorities and to serve as a feasible base for negotiations, it needs to go beyond past offers that failed.
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