Xinhua, Sat Jan 28 19:35:01 EST 2006
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said Saturday that the main objective of going into talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels next month is to put an end to violence and thereby to prevent people from getting killed.
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Addressing the launch of his government's youth assistance program at Weeraketiya, 227 km south of capital Colombo, the President said "the foremost task is to protect people's right to live, freedom to live. That was the main idea in going to Geneva."
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