SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA

2 February 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5888

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA

19960202 The following statement, made on 1 February, is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General is dismayed by the loss of life resulting from Wednesday's bomb incident in Colombo. He deplores acts that target civilians and stresses the need to find an early negotiated political solution to the conflict in Sri Lanka which continues to inflict great suffering and losses on the country.

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