EU ban on Tigers a huge mistake
Says Sinn Fein leader
Afp, Colombo
The chief negotiator for Northern Ireland's main Roman Catholic party, Sinn Fein, was quoted by Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka as saying a European Union ban on the guerillas was a "huge mistake." Martin McGuinness travelled to the rebel-held town of Kilinochchi for talks with the political leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the LTTE said in a statement. It said McGuinness, the first European politician to visit the region after the 25-member EU outlawed the LTTE as a terrorist organisation in May, discussed the "present state of" Sri Lanka's faltering peace bid. "Regarding the EU ban he stated, it was a huge mistake for the EU leaders to demonize the LTTE and the political leaders of the Tamil people," the LTTE quoted him as saying.
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