The Embassy of Switzerland strongly condemns the attacks in the North and East of Sri Lanka, in which more than twenty soldiers and civilians have reportedly been killed during the last week, and exhorts the parties to strictly respect the ceasefire.

The Embassy of Switzerland was shocked to learn of two attacks in Jaffna, in which 14 soldiers were killed. In the attack on Tuesday on a tractor that caused the deaths of seven soldiers and wounded several others a vehicle of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation was damaged. None of the four persons in the car was hurt.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation will continue with its post conflict and post tsunami school rehabilitation programmes in the Jaffna Peninsula, while the security situation is permanently assessed.

The Embassy of Switzerland strongly condemns the attacks on soldiers and civilians, in which more than twenty soldiers and civilians have reportedly been killed. It offers its deepest sympathies to the families and nearest ones of the deceased.

The Embassy of Switzerland is concerned about the increasing violence in the North and East and calls upon the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka to strictly uphold the Ceasefire Agreement and commence talks as soon as possible.

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