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India not likely to concede
LTTE chief's demands

The Indian government is in no mood to concede Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief V Prabhakaran's demand for lifting a 10-year old ban on the organisation imposed in the wake of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

While a formal response to Prabhakaran's comments at his press conference in Kilinochchi on Wednesday evening is expected on Thursday, government sources said there was no change in New Delhi's stand of not mediating between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE.

LTTE would continue to be treated as a banned terrorist outfit, the sources said.

In his press meet, the LTTE chief had sought India's mediation to resolve the ethnic conflict.

India had welcomed the recent ceasefire between the Sri Lankan forces and the guerrilla group saying that this would provide an opportunity to both sides to move forward towards a substantive dialogue for a negotiated political settlement of the ethnic conflict in a manner which would meet the aspirations of all sections of Sri Lankan society and restore lasting peace in that country.

PTI

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