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LTTE Special Military Commander meets with Head of Muslim Mosques

LTTE Special Military Commander of Trincomalee district, Colonel Soornam, LTTE Trincomalee District Political Wing Head, Mr Elilan, and LTTE Military Commander of Trincomalee district, Commander Kunchan represented the LTTE. The Muslim delegation was lead by Harim Moulavi. Head of SLMM of Trincomalee district, Mr Arthur, also attended the meeting.

The decisions that the leaders reached are as follows:

• We will encourage the acceptance of Tamils and Muslims into each others’ communities.
• We will prevent any controversial situations between our communities.
• We will immediately discuss any controversial situations that arise between our communities.
• We will make strong efforts to continue our daily work without any disturbances.
• LTTE leaders and Muslim leaders will ensure that members of both communities will not threaten or disturb the well-being or resources of the communities.

Both parties pledged to put these decisions into practice. After the meeting, Harim Moulavi and his delegation stated that the meeting was very beneficial and constructive and that the decisions were made wholeheartedly.

Muslim community leaders have recently written a letter to Mr V Prabhakaran, requesting the prevention of controversial situations between Muslim and Tamil communities. In the letter, they requested that the people involved in disrupting the peace between Muslim and Tamil communities must be identified and have appropriate measures taken against them. Upon receiving this letter, Mr Prabhakaran ordered all LTTE military commanders and LTTE political wing heads to facilitate in solving these issues and strengthen the relationship between Muslim and Tamil communities.

16 December 2005

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