01-19-2005, 01:11 PM
நோர்வே சமாதானதூதுவர் எரிக் சொல்ஹைம் இன்று இலங்கை வந்து சேர்ந்துள்ளார்.இவருடன் நோர்வே பிரதி வெளிவிவகார அமைச்சர் விடார் ஹெல்கிசன் இணைந்து கொள்வார்.........
நோர்வே வெளிவிவகார அமைச்சர் ஜான் பீட்டர்ஷன் நாளை வருகிறார். அவருடன் சர்வதேச அபிவிருத்திக்குரிய அமைச்சர் ஹில்டெ F.ஜோன்சனும் சேர்ந்துகொள்கிறார். இவரின் வருகை, சுனாமியால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பகுதிகளில் ஏற்பட்ட சேதங்கள், தேவைகளை அறிந்து கொள்வதற்காகவே வருகிறார் என நோர்வே தூதரகம் தெரிவித்தது..........
பீட்டர்ஷனை பிரபாகரன் சந்திப்பார் என்று தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகள் கூறினார்கள். இச்சந்திப்பை தூதரகம்
உறுதி செய்தது.........
South Asia - AFP
Norway's top peace envoy in Sri Lanka to try to save talks
1 hour, 6 minutes ago South Asia - AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoy Erik Solheim has arrived in Sri Lanka to launch the first post-tsunami attempt to salvage faltering peace efforts, diplomats said.
Solheim, who initially raised Sri Lanka's peace hopes with a landmark meeting with Tamil Tiger rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran in November 2000, is to make a fresh attempt to save the troubled initiative, they said.
He will be joined by Norway's deputy foreign minister Vidar Helgesen, who is also a key figure in attempts to broker peace in Sri Lanka where more than 60,000 people have been killed in three decades of fighting.
"The two men are here quite separately from the visit by Foreign Minister Jan Petersen who is expected on Thursday," a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. "But they will all try to nudge the parties to the table."
The Norwegian embassy said Petersen will be accompanied by Minister for International Development Hilde F. Johnson on a mission to assess the damage and needs of tsunami-affected areas.
The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said their elusive leader Prabhakaran will meet Petersen. The meeting was confirmed by the embassy.
Sri Lanka appeared on the brink of returning to war before the December 26 tsunamis lashed much of the island's coastline, killing almost 31,000 people. Two thirds of the fatalities were in the embattled northern and eastern provinces.
Both the Tigers and the military lost men and weapons and other equipment.
Diplomats had said the tsunamis could nudge the warring parties to the table in the face of an unprecedented calamity, but control over international aid has in fact heightened tensions.
Both sides have been observing a truce Norway arranged in February 2002 but peace talks have remained deadlocked since April 2003. Attempts by Norway since then have failed to break the impasse.
There is disagreement over an agenda for future talks, with the Tigers demanding that the government agree to negotiations based on their plan for interim self-rule.
The government insists that discussions on interim arrangements must be accompanied by talks on a final peace deal.
The Tiger supremo said in November that he may be forced to revert to his "freedom struggle" unless Colombo gives in.
நோர்வே வெளிவிவகார அமைச்சர் ஜான் பீட்டர்ஷன் நாளை வருகிறார். அவருடன் சர்வதேச அபிவிருத்திக்குரிய அமைச்சர் ஹில்டெ F.ஜோன்சனும் சேர்ந்துகொள்கிறார். இவரின் வருகை, சுனாமியால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பகுதிகளில் ஏற்பட்ட சேதங்கள், தேவைகளை அறிந்து கொள்வதற்காகவே வருகிறார் என நோர்வே தூதரகம் தெரிவித்தது..........
பீட்டர்ஷனை பிரபாகரன் சந்திப்பார் என்று தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகள் கூறினார்கள். இச்சந்திப்பை தூதரகம்
உறுதி செய்தது.........
South Asia - AFP
Norway's top peace envoy in Sri Lanka to try to save talks
1 hour, 6 minutes ago South Asia - AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoy Erik Solheim has arrived in Sri Lanka to launch the first post-tsunami attempt to salvage faltering peace efforts, diplomats said.
Solheim, who initially raised Sri Lanka's peace hopes with a landmark meeting with Tamil Tiger rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran in November 2000, is to make a fresh attempt to save the troubled initiative, they said.
He will be joined by Norway's deputy foreign minister Vidar Helgesen, who is also a key figure in attempts to broker peace in Sri Lanka where more than 60,000 people have been killed in three decades of fighting.
"The two men are here quite separately from the visit by Foreign Minister Jan Petersen who is expected on Thursday," a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. "But they will all try to nudge the parties to the table."
The Norwegian embassy said Petersen will be accompanied by Minister for International Development Hilde F. Johnson on a mission to assess the damage and needs of tsunami-affected areas.
The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said their elusive leader Prabhakaran will meet Petersen. The meeting was confirmed by the embassy.
Sri Lanka appeared on the brink of returning to war before the December 26 tsunamis lashed much of the island's coastline, killing almost 31,000 people. Two thirds of the fatalities were in the embattled northern and eastern provinces.
Both the Tigers and the military lost men and weapons and other equipment.
Diplomats had said the tsunamis could nudge the warring parties to the table in the face of an unprecedented calamity, but control over international aid has in fact heightened tensions.
Both sides have been observing a truce Norway arranged in February 2002 but peace talks have remained deadlocked since April 2003. Attempts by Norway since then have failed to break the impasse.
There is disagreement over an agenda for future talks, with the Tigers demanding that the government agree to negotiations based on their plan for interim self-rule.
The government insists that discussions on interim arrangements must be accompanied by talks on a final peace deal.
The Tiger supremo said in November that he may be forced to revert to his "freedom struggle" unless Colombo gives in.