Colombo, Oct 13: Tamil Tiger rebels will hold talks in Norway with Foreign Minister Jan Petersen and other peace brokers before unveiling their power-sharing plan for Sri Lanka's stalled peace process, the Norwegian embassy here said today. A Tiger delegation which met in Ireland with the rebels' constitutional and legal experts was expected to travel to Oslo tomorrow on a four-day visit, the embassy said in a statement. "In Oslo, the delegation will meet with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen and the Norwegian facilitators of the peace process in Sri Lanka, as well as with members of the local Tamil community," the statement said. It said the tiger delegation would also make a stop in Denmark.
Tiger rebels are expected to delay announcing their long-awaited power-sharing plan by at least another two weeks despite hopes of an early resumption of peace talks, diplomats said.
They said the Tigers were now hoping to present their plan by the end of October.
The Tiger meeting in Ireland that ended Friday followed a similar conference in Paris in August to prepare a counterproposal to the Colombo government's July 17 offer of limited autonomy in rebel-dominated areas ahead of a final settlement.
Bureau Report