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S.Lanka Tiger rebels reject Asia peace talks offer
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday rejected a government offer to hold crunch talks in Asia aimed at averting a return to civil war, insisting any meeting should be hosted by peace broker Norway. ADVERTISEMENT New President Mahinda Rajapakse has offered to meet the rebels for immediate talks in any Asian country, but not in Europe. He has also angered the Tigers by rejecting their demand for an ethnic Tamil homeland outright. S.P. Thamilselvan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) political wing, accused the government of trying to freeze the group out of Europe and of trying to convince the European Union to list it as a banned terrorist organization. "The first round of talks should be held in Norway," Thamilselvan told reporters in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi. "The government's position that talks should be held in an Asian country, that European countries should ban the LTTE ... we consider a coup attempt."
Colombo move a ploy to isolate us: LTTE Rejects offer of talks in any Asian country
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Saturday termed the Sri Lankan Government's proposal to hold talks in an Asian country as a "ploy" to "internationally isolate" it. LTTE's political wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan told journalists in rebel-held Kilinochchi that the group stood by its position that preliminary talks to discuss the implementation of the ceasefire agreement should be held in Europe, preferably Oslo. The rejection came a day after the Government announced change in its stand that the talks should be held only in Sri Lanka. Mr. Tamilselvan said Colombo's proposal was unacceptable and that the LTTE viewed it was part of the Government's "conspiracy" which included "influencing European nations to ban the Tigers." The rejection came just ahead of a meeting of the international co-chairs of the peace process in Brussels next week. The E.U., the U.S., Norway and Japan are the four co-chairs of the efforts.
LTTE wants truce talks in Oslo, not Japan
The LTTE has said that the proposed talks on the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) should take place in Oslo, the capital of the peace facilitating country Norway, and not in Japan as the Sri Lankan government now wants. This was stated by the LTTE's political wing leader SP Tamilselvan in Kilinochchi at an interaction with the media on Saturday. "There is no change in our position with the regard to the venue for talks and we stand by the Norwegian facilitator's original suggestion that the talks on the effective implementation of the CFA take place in Oslo," he said.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday rejected a government offer to hold crunch talks in Asia aimed at averting a return to civil war, insisting any meeting should be hosted by peace broker Norway. ADVERTISEMENT New President Mahinda Rajapakse has offered to meet the rebels for immediate talks in any Asian country, but not in Europe. He has also angered the Tigers by rejecting their demand for an ethnic Tamil homeland outright. S.P. Thamilselvan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) political wing, accused the government of trying to freeze the group out of Europe and of trying to convince the European Union to list it as a banned terrorist organization. "The first round of talks should be held in Norway," Thamilselvan told reporters in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi. "The government's position that talks should be held in an Asian country, that European countries should ban the LTTE ... we consider a coup attempt."
Colombo move a ploy to isolate us: LTTE Rejects offer of talks in any Asian country
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Saturday termed the Sri Lankan Government's proposal to hold talks in an Asian country as a "ploy" to "internationally isolate" it. LTTE's political wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan told journalists in rebel-held Kilinochchi that the group stood by its position that preliminary talks to discuss the implementation of the ceasefire agreement should be held in Europe, preferably Oslo. The rejection came a day after the Government announced change in its stand that the talks should be held only in Sri Lanka. Mr. Tamilselvan said Colombo's proposal was unacceptable and that the LTTE viewed it was part of the Government's "conspiracy" which included "influencing European nations to ban the Tigers." The rejection came just ahead of a meeting of the international co-chairs of the peace process in Brussels next week. The E.U., the U.S., Norway and Japan are the four co-chairs of the efforts.
LTTE wants truce talks in Oslo, not Japan
The LTTE has said that the proposed talks on the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) should take place in Oslo, the capital of the peace facilitating country Norway, and not in Japan as the Sri Lankan government now wants. This was stated by the LTTE's political wing leader SP Tamilselvan in Kilinochchi at an interaction with the media on Saturday. "There is no change in our position with the regard to the venue for talks and we stand by the Norwegian facilitator's original suggestion that the talks on the effective implementation of the CFA take place in Oslo," he said.
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/latest.html