Colombo: Sri Lanka can address Tamil grievances only after it officially bans the LTTE and abrogates the Norwegian-brokered ceasefire agreement, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said.
Rajapaksha, who is virtually running the ongoing aggressive military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels, said the 2002 February Ceasefire Agreement has ''become a joke'' in the eyes of the people with so many violations.