Colombo: Norway on Sunday rejected reports as "inaccurate" that its embassy here helped some LTTE members to escape the country as refugees.
"The Norwegian embassy notes that the translation and representation of the article in local media contain some inaccuracies such as referring to the refugees as members of LTTE", the statement said.
The embassy had assisted a limited number of people for asylum in Norway but the embassy had not purchased tickets nor had its diplomatic staff escorting them to the airport, the embassy stresses.
Aftenposten, a Norwegian newspaper, had said, "Staff members in the Norwegian embassy in Colombo have helped approximately 12 people so far, purchasing flight tickets, driving some to the airport and issuing visas at short notice both for emigrants and those who had already escaped from Sri Lanka".
PTI
First Published: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 16:03