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 The United States says a military solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is not possible and has called on the government and Tamil Tigers to hold talks. US ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake, told a meeting of international aid donors the US hopes Sri Lanka will seize the opportunity to forge a power-sharing proposal.
President Mahinda Rajapakse also attended the opening of the two-day meeting to review foreign aid to the island. Last week he vowed to crush "terrorism" in the wake of military gains in the island's restive east. President Rajapakse had said the military has the strength to cope with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which has been leading a decades-old campaign for independence. Meanwhile, international donors have used the meeting to warn Sri Lanka against escalating its bitter ethnic conflict.World Bank's vice president for South Asia, Praful Patel, told the meeting Sri Lanka must commit to peace and restore investor confidence. |
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