The Sri Lankan Government (SLG) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) concluded Norway facilitated direct talks in Geneva agreeing to 4 action items and promised to meet again in April. Both parties agreed to "respect and uphold" the ceasefire and will take "all necessary measures to ensure that there will be no intimidation, acts of violence, abductions, or killings." Individually, the LTTE promised that it would ensure that there will no acts of violence against Sri Lankan security forces or police. The SLG promised to disarm all groups that are no military, police, or other than security forces; this is an obvious reference to the "paramilitaries" that the LTTE wanted SLG to disarm. SLG has denied the existence of these groups but its agreeing to disarm them confirms their existence. Similarly, the LTTE's agreement to desist from violence against security forces only confirms that they were engaged in these activities. Overall, the outcome has been positive and will help the decimated Sri Lankan economy to recover. The LTTE said the agreement was a "diplomatic victory" while the SLG said it was happy with the progress. The LTTE has linked the implementation of these four items as a pre-condition to the April talks.