LTTE seeks Sri Lanka Truce Pressure. Finally, the tigers want something to stop the war which they seem to be clearly losing. And they need some rest and they have called for a truce. Tamil Tiger rebels have urged the UK and France to put pressure on the Sri Lankan government to call a ceasefire.

Balasingham Nadesan, the political leader of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), said the rebels were ready to “engage in the process to bring about a ceasefire” in letters sent on Sunday to David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, the British and French foreign ministers.

He said they were ready to “enter into negotiations for an enduring resolution to the conflict”.

Both ministers visited Sri Lanka last week and urged the military to halt fighting and allow humanitarian aid into the northeastern coastal conflict zone.

It is to be noted that the LTTE calls for truce whenever it seems fit and never agrees to ceasefire measures when the SriLankan Government wated the same.