South African Government offers condolences on the death of
Chief Negotiator for the Tamil Tigers Pretoria - The South African Government
extends its heartfelt condolences to colleagues, family and friends of Anton Balasingham:
politician, strategist and chief negotiator on behalf of the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) and the Government of Sri Lanka. The South
African Government calls on the Tamil and Singalese people to consolidate endeavours
to resolve their current political challenges through a negotiated solution. The
greatest tribute that the Tamil or Singalese people can pay to Balasingham is
to intensify their efforts to end the current cycle of violence and restart peace
negotiations. Issued by The Department of Foreign Affairs Private Bag
X152 Pretoria 0001 21 December 2006 |