_Efforts _to Create Peace Ever since Sri Lanka became a democratic socialist republic, (1978)the Tamils of the north wanted to be an independent state and acted out through violence The first efforts toward peace were in 1985 at the Thimpu Talks which consisted of Tamil Delegation and Sri Lanka Delegation trying to sort out their problems through talk, these efforts proved to be unsuccessful In another effort to keep peace within the country, the government granted the Tamil language to have official status in Sri Lanka, the government also agreed to the Indians offer to send troops into Tamil areas to establish peace(1987) By 1991 the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)had taken over most areas in northern Sri Lanka In 1993 the president Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated by the LTTE which leads to the election of 1994 which will also be greatly affected by the LTTE. Chandrika Kumaratunga won the election of 1994 based on her promises of peace negotiations with the LTTE, her leftist party named the Peace Alliance helped her put faith in the people of Sri Lanka, many of whom thought that Chandrika could establish peace During the election Chandrika’s running mate, Garmini Dissanyake was killed in a suicide bombing at an election rally Chandrika created peace temporarily in Sri Lanka and all fighting had stopped, people were optimistic in Sri Lanka until…. A year later LTTE attacks naval vessels in Trincomalee Harbour and fighting erupts once again From 1998 to 2002 the LTTE was gaining more and more areas of Sri Lanka and the government was forced to withdraw The LTTE and the government signed a cease-fire agreement in 2002 This agreement withheld for the most part until 2003 when a split in the LTTE made it more difficult to keep contact with the group Following the Tsunami in 2004, both parties sat down and discussed a way to deal with...