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April 2002 India Says Tamil Tiger Ban Stays VOA News 11 Apr 2002 14:54 UTC  
Mr. Vajpayee was responding to the request by Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. India banned the group in 1991 after it was blamed for the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The Tigers were angered by Mr. Gandhi's decision in 1987 to send Indian peacekeeping troops to Sri Lanka. Those troops ended up fighting the Tiger forces and were eventually withdrawn. Mr. Gandhi also headed India's Congress Party, which dismissed conciliatory remarks made by Mr. Prabhakaran Wednesday and demanded his extradition to India. At his first news conference in a decade Wednesday, Mr. Prabhakaran said he is "sincerely and seriously" committed to the peace process. He did not abandon his demand for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, but Sri Lankan officials say his comments create a "window of opportunity" for peace efforts. Tiger and Sri
Lankan government negotiators are expected to begin direct talks next month in
Thailand. The parties signed a Norwegian-mediated ceasefire deal in
February. Some information for this report provided by AFP.
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