The two-day talks held betweenthe government of Sri Lanka and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)at Geneva in Switzerland on October 28-29, 2006, ended without any conclusiveresult and without an agreement on future engagement. The outcome – or lackthereof – reaffirmed the fact that the dialogue remains essentially tacticalon both sides, and seeks principally to establish a facade to appease theinternational community.