Colombo, June 01: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will shortly respond to the Tamil Tigers rebels who rejected the offer of greater financial authority and demanded direct administrative power over the northeast for ending the impasse in peace talks. Officials said the Prime Minister's Office had been discussing the latest move by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at the weekend and a reply could go out early in the coming week. "It is difficult for the government to place on the table a structure the Tigers are demanding without a discussion on it," said an Asian diplomat closely linked to ongoing efforts to revive the peace process. The rebels have been asked by several countries, including the US, Japan and India, to resume the negotiating process and attend a crucial foreign donors meeting next month in Japan. However, the LTTE's London-based chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, said on Friday that they were unhappy with the international community's increased role in Sri Lanka and "undue pressure" brought on them. "We are also concerned over the growing involvement in the peace process of formidable international forces from whom you have been soliciting not only aid but the setting up of a grand international 'safety net' to bring undue pressure on the freedom of our people to determine their political status and destiny," Balasingham said in a letter to Wickremesinghe. The LTTE pulled out of peace talks on April 21 accusing the government of failing to deliver on promises made at six rounds of talks since September last year. Bureau Report