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Prabhakaran talks tough during meeting with Norwegian envoy
LTTE leader Prabhakaran has set immediate cessation of hostilities as a precondition for resumption of dialogue with the Sri Lankan government during a meeting with Norwegian peace envoy Eric Solheim.
LTTE leader Prabhakaran has set
immediate cessation of hostilities as a precondition for
resumption of dialogue with the Sri Lankan government during a meeting with Norwegian peace envoy Eric Solheim.
“During the two-hour parleys last night in the northern Vanni region held by the rebels, Prabhakaran set forth tough conditions for resumption of the peace process which broke down in 1994,” an LTTE release from London said.
De-escalation of armed conflict between army and the LTTE guerrillas and restoration of normalcy in the Tamil dominated north and east were pre-requisite to resuming political negotiations with the Lankan government, the rebel leader said during discussions with Solhiem who was leading a high-powered Norwegian delegation to the country.
By de-escalation, Prabhakarn meant cessation of armed hostilities, removal of military aggression and occupation, withdrawal of the economic embargo and creation of conditions of normalcy in the Tamil homeland, the release said.
“The LTTE leader also insisted that the Sri Lankan government should take the initiative for relaxing the conditions of war if they wanted genuine peace,” it said.
Bureau Report
“During the two-hour parleys last night in the northern Vanni region held by the rebels, Prabhakaran set forth tough conditions for resumption of the peace process which broke down in 1994,” an LTTE release from London said.
De-escalation of armed conflict between army and the LTTE guerrillas and restoration of normalcy in the Tamil dominated north and east were pre-requisite to resuming political negotiations with the Lankan government, the rebel leader said during discussions with Solhiem who was leading a high-powered Norwegian delegation to the country.
By de-escalation, Prabhakarn meant cessation of armed hostilities, removal of military aggression and occupation, withdrawal of the economic embargo and creation of conditions of normalcy in the Tamil homeland, the release said.
“The LTTE leader also insisted that the Sri Lankan government should take the initiative for relaxing the conditions of war if they wanted genuine peace,” it said.
Bureau Report