We will not discriminate against LTTE-held areas: Kadirgamar

A month after the tsunami wrecked two-thirds of Sri Lanka's coastal areas, its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is of the view that the island-nation's worst recorded natural disaster "has been a spur, or the trigger, which has accelerated the process" of the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) working together on development issues. In an interview with V.S. Sambandan for The Hindu on January 26, Mr. Kadirgamar outlined the Gov ernment's concept of a non-political, development framework to work with the LTTE, which, he hoped, could "provide a new platform on which the political structure can be built."