Colombo, June 03: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels today rejected the latest peace overtures by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and stuck to their guns, rebel sources said. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said there was no change in their stand that the government must set up an interim administrative structure giving them a majority stake in order to end the impasse in the peace talks.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe on Sunday night asked the Tigers to come for fresh talks to clear any misunderstandings following the government's offer of greater financial and administrative authority to end the deadlock.
The Tiger rebels suspended their participation in peace talks on April 21 and since then have been demanding the speedy delivery on promises made to them at six rounds of peace talks.
The Tigers also want political power without facing an election until a final settlement is reached.
Wickremesinghe on the other hand offered greater financial power to the rebels to start reconstruction and rehabilitation work in areas held by them, an offer rejected by the Tigers as inadequate. Bureau Report