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LTTE rejects truce offer

COLOMBO, JUNE 28. The LTTE has rejected the Sri Lankan Government's offer for ceasefire to be followed by peace talks, saying the cessation of hostilities would occur only if the 30,000 troops were withdrawn from northern Jaffna peninsula, official sources here said today.

The Tamil rebels' decision was conveyed to the Norwegian peace envoy for Sri Lanka, Mr. Eric Solheim, by the LTTE spokesman, Mr. Anton Balasingham, in London last week, the sources told PTI today.

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