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Sri Lanka

May I say four sentences? First, I pay tribute to the gentleness and courtesy of the demonstrators in Parliament square; there have been times when I have tried to get through when they have been having a big demonstration, and they have always made way and been understanding. The LTTE must be asked to stop, which basically means they must surrender; there is no military way forward for the LTTE in the current circumstances, and I hope that the Tamil communities in Sri Lanka, India and around the world will say to it, "You have not got our support in maintaining a military resistance or offensive, and this has got to stop." I say to the Sri Lankan Government—although I do not have the same expertise in these matters as some of my colleagues—that they will be held accountable for the way they treat those who have come out from the enclave and those who are in the enclave. I also want to say that the Government have been treating this issue seriously and properly, and I pay tribute to them for that.