The Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had made it very clear in an interview to a news channel that there is no ceasefire and only usage of heavy weapons and air strikes will be stopped.

Rajapaksa said, “It is not a ceasefire. Freeing the people who are kept there as hostages is my duty.”

Speaking about the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, Rajapaksa said that Prabhakaran