In a discussion with the United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz on the Sri Lankan Government’s commitment to resolve the Tamil issue, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan said on July 16 that full intervention of the US and the international community is needed to find a clear solution, reports Daily News. Sampanthan further emphasised that the provincial council system alone was not enough to resolve the issue in the North and the East and that it was important for the two provinces of the North and the East to be considered as a single political entity and to be governed by the Tamil people.