Visiting European Union External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten called on President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at President’s House yesterday. Presidential Advisor MP Lakshman Kadirgamar is also in the picture.  Pic by Dudley Wickremesinghe.

by Manjula Fernando

The Government yesterday called upon the diplomatic corps to push for an early settlement to the political crisis so that the much awaited peace talks could be commenced as planned.
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Abandon violence EU tells Prabhakaran

The leader of the LTTE, Velupillai Prabhakaran will be told by Chris Patten, Commissioner of Charge of External Relations of the European Commission, when he meets the Tamil Tiger leader today, that the view of the international community is that the LTTE must give up violence in all its forms.
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