LTTE must surrender: UN Security Council president

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka must surrender and allow civilians trapped in the battle zone to leave, the UN Security Council president said on Wednesday.

By Agencies | Apr 23, 2009, 04.58 AM IST

UNITED NATIONS: Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka must surrender and allow civilians trapped in the battle zone to leave, the UN Security Council president said on Wednesday.

"We demand that the LTTE immediately lay down arms, renounce terrorism, allow a UN-assisted evacuation of the remaining civilians in the conflict area, and join the political process," Claude Heller, from Mexico, told journalists after an informal Security Council meeting.

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