Selected Texts from the 1994-5 Negotiations Process These pages reproduce excerpts from letters, exchanged between representatives of the Sri Lankan government the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) LTTE Headquarters President Chandrika Kumaratunge Dear President, Thank you for your communication of 21 March 1995. In our letter addressed to you on 16 March, we have clarified and explained our perception as well as our position with regard to the current peace negotiations. We sincerely feel that the peace process will not serve any meaningful purpose if it is not aimed at consolidating the conditions of peace and resolving the most urgent and immediate problems faced by the Tamil people. It is in this context we urged you to reconsider your position and take positive decisions before the 28 March 1995. Since we have made our position very clear I do not think a further dialogue is necessary to clarify what you call 'misunderstanding on several issues'. We have discussed these issues in direct dialogue and in letters of exchange for the last six months. We are of the opinion that the time has come for you, as the head of state, to make positive decisions and to ensure such decisions are implemented without delay. Therefore, I should say that the future of the peace process rests entirely in your hands. V. Pirabhakaran Leader,
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