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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Environment Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Sri Lanka Tiger rebels say would accept ceasefire Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:27am EST Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] COLOMBO (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels told the U.N. and international community on Monday that they are willing to accept a ceasefire with the Sri Lankan government, as Asia's longest-running civil war may be nearing an end. But the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rejected calls to lay down arms and surrender, saying keeping their weapons is necessary to ensure survival for the ethnic minority Tamil people in the Indian Ocean island nation. The rebels said in a letter to the United Nations and international community -- including the United States, European Union, Japan and Norway --that Sri Lankan forces use heavy weapons like artillery and multi-barreled rocket launchers which the Tigers say are killing 50 to 100 Tamil civilians daily. "Already more than 2,000 civilians have been killed and more than 5,000 have been injured. It is painful to see the world maintaining silence on this immense human suffering as if it is amused by what is going on," said Balasingham Nadesan, the political head of the rebels. "In this situation, the LTTE is ready to accept the calls for a ceasefire issued by the international community with the good intention of ending the human suffering. The LTTE desires that this effort for a ceasefire ... grow further into peace talks to seek a political solution to the ethnic conflict." The United States, EU, Japan and Norway, which have been key players in the tattered peace process, urged the Tigers in early February to consider surrendering, renounce violence, accept a government offer of amnesty and participate "as a political party in a process to achieve a just and lasting political solution." But the rebel statement said the international community should act to stop "the genocidal attacks on the Tamil people" rather than call for the laying down of the arms, and should also press the Sri Lankan Government to seek a political solution. Sri Lanka denies rebel claims civilians are being targeted, and says it is the rebels themselves who are committing genocide by not allowing Tamil civilians to leave and depriving them of their rights. "They are the people causing destruction to the entire Tamil community by killing thousands ... including Tamil political opponents," said defense spokesman and government minister Keheliya Rambukwella. The Tiger statement, a copy of which was emailed to Reuters, came after the military shot down two Tiger airplanes on Friday as they raided the capital Colombo. Two people were killed and at least 53 wounded when one slammed into a government building. The attack showed the Tigers still had the ability to strike far from the shrinking war zone, where troops have rapidly encircled them in just 73 sq km (28 sq miles) of jungle in the drive to end the separatist war that began in 1983. But the military proved it could down planes from a ramshackle Tiger air squadron that had flown nine previous sorties since debuting in 2007. More than 50,000 soldiers surround the Tigers in the northern war zone. Estimates of the rebel fighters still in action range from 500 to 2,000. The military says heavy fighting continues. Tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in the zone, many forcibly kept there by the LTTE and others fearing heavy shelling, according to people who have escaped. (Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Editing by Jerry Norton) © Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx My Web Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Kidnappers say U.S. hostage in Pakistan still alive Also on Reuters Dreamers and dealers see gold in California housing bust Pope names Timothy Dolan archbishop of New York Reuters Manufacturing Summit: Building for the future More International News Israel replaces envoy to Egypt talks, Hamas irate French tourist killed and 20 wounded in Egypt attack Freed Guantanamo detainee accuses U.S. of torture Kidnappers say U.S. hostage in Pakistan still alive Blast in China coal mine kills 74 | Video More International News... Editor's Choice Slideshow A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. 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