Colombo, Jan 4: Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has cautioned President Chandrika Kumaratunga against undermining the ongoing peace process by her ''intended intervention'' in the import of fm radio equipment by the LTTE and her letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister in this regard. “While endorsing your assertion that the Norwegian government and its Embassy here have been always fully supportive of our efforts to consolidate the peace process, I must urge a note of 'caution' in your 'intended intervention' with the Prime Minister of Norway,'' the Prime Minister said last night.

In his five-page clarification to the President, the Prime Minister said his government had issued the license to the LTTE to maintain and operate a private radio station, as it would help the ongoing peace process by disseminating information to the people of the North-East.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said the 'profound paradigm shift' in the LTTE's approach had been 'favourably recognised and commended' by the international community and making available radio broadcasting facilities, under the government regulation, was seen as one way of ''encouraging forward movement'' in this positive direction.
Hailing Norway's facilitatory role in the ongoing peace process, the prime minister said, “I think the government should exercise 'due care', at this crucial stage in the peace process, to ensure that the 'enthusiasm' of the Norwegians and the 'momentum' so far generated continues undiminished.'' Bureau Report