Sri Lanka rejects cease-fire pleas

May 14 2009 16:54:04

Sri Lanka rejects cease-fire pleas

Agence France-Presse

"We are not going to succumb to international pressure to stop the offensive," said Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena. "In Pakistan and Afghanistan there are similar conflicts but no one is asking them to have a peace agreement or a cease-fire," Abeywardena said.

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