The Sinhala and Tamil political parties represented in the Parliament of Sri Lanka have made a great deal of progress in is regard. Of course we cannot hope to please the extremists on either side. In Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese, the Tamils and the Muslims are talking with one another. All political parties of the Tamils and of the Muslims represented in parliament have accepted the Government's Devolution proposals as a basis for a negotiated settlement of our ethnic conflict. Expatriate Sri Lankans, wherever they are, can help us by carrying on discussions that break through ethnic barriers.
Dialogue helps to end suspicion and distrust.
Mr. Kiriella said that ordinary people of all communities in Sri Lanka yearned for peace. For the first time in fifteen years a cricket team from Jaffna had visited the south. These were clear indications of how much the people of Jaffna longed for a return to normally so they could get on with doing a job, educating their children, cultivating their land and making realistic plants for the future. It's the same in the south. Mr. Kiriella said.