Tamils are our people -President Rajapaksa tells India
Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that there was no question of ordering a cease-fire against the LTTE, and added that his government would take all necessary steps to protect the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
"The Tamilians are our people; we have been taking care of them and we will continu
o came up for discu Mr. Rajapaksa told reporters in Delhi: "For the last twenty years, we have been witnessing this ceasefire. We will not allow terrorism to continue." Mr. Rajapaksa also held a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Second BIMSTEC summit being held in New Delhi
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