01-15-2005, 11:57 AM
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பீட்டர்ஷனை சந்திக்கவுள்ளார்.
இச்செய்தியை புலித்தேவன் அவர்கள் மின் அஞ்சல் மூலமாக AFP செய்தி நிறுவனத்திற்கு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.......
South Asia - AFP
Peace hopes rise in Sri Lanka as rebel chief to meet Norway peace-brokers
1 hour, 39 minutes ago South Asia - AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) - Hopes for peace rose in Sri Lanka as the elusive Tamil Tigers chief planned to meet Norwegian peace brokers next week amid tension between the government and the rebels over tsunami aid.
Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was set to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen as part of Norway's first post-tsunami attempt to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering peace process.
"He is going to meet the Norwegian foreign minister next week," Puleedevan, head of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) peace secretariat, told AFP in an email.
Petersen and top Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim are due here for talks with Sri Lankan leaders as well as the rebels to try to end a 21-month impasse in negotiations.
Three days before the December 26 tsunamis, the Tamil Tigers rejected Sri Lanka's latest proposal to revive negotiations despite international pressure to save the Norwegian-backed initiative.
Diplomatic attempts to revive the peace negotiations have been stalled over disagreements on the agenda.
The Tigers want negotiations on their October 2003 proposal for interim self-rule, while Colombo insists the rebels must have parallel talks on a final peace deal.
Tiger supremo Prabhakaran warned in November he would resume his "freedom struggle" unless Colombo agrees to discuss his self-rule plan for an "Interim Self-Governing Authority."
Scandinavian monitors observing a truce between the two sides since February 2002 have said increased violations and the absence of talks could jeopardise the entire peace process and plunge the country back into war.
Tension between the rebels and the government had been rising after the tsunamis hit with the latter accusing Colombo of adopting a discriminatory policy over aid distribution, a claim denied by the government.
Relations worsened when President Chandrika Kumaratunga blocked United Nations (news - web sites) Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) from visiting rebel-controlled regions of the north and the east.
Last week an affiliate of the rebel group, the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), also accused the government military of hijacking their trucks and diverting aid to government-managed relief camps.
On Friday the TRO however said its volunteers and the government's Special Task Force (police) met to iron out differences.
Puleedevan also quashed rumours Prabhakaran had been killed by the tsunamis athat left nearly 31,000 Sri Lankans dead.
"I can assure you that our chief is alive," he said in the email to AFP.
Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corp. last week reported the Tamil Tiger head and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman were among the dead or missing in the disaster. It later retracted the report.
The Tigers slammed the broadcaster for carrying the reports, saying now was "not the time for gossip mongering and malicious propaganda".
The Island, meanwhile, reported Saturday that Colombo airport security officials thwarted attempts to smuggle in 14 bulletproof vests hidden in a container carrying relief items.
The rebel leaders met global donors to discuss aid needs in the island's northeastern regions last Thursday.
World Bank (news - web sites) spokeswoman Chulie de Silva told AFP information from teams who fanned out across the rebel areas to assess rebuilding needs was now being compiled.
"All these people (making assessments) need to come together and then I believe the earliest they will have a statement will be from around the 21st" of January, she told AFP.
Sri Lanka is considering a slew of cash and tax benefits for tsunami victims and waiving their utility bills, while the International Monetary Fund (news - web sites) granted the country a respite in its 2005 repayments of 113.5 million dollars.
பீட்டர்ஷனை சந்திக்கவுள்ளார்.
இச்செய்தியை புலித்தேவன் அவர்கள் மின் அஞ்சல் மூலமாக AFP செய்தி நிறுவனத்திற்கு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.......
South Asia - AFP
Peace hopes rise in Sri Lanka as rebel chief to meet Norway peace-brokers
1 hour, 39 minutes ago South Asia - AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) - Hopes for peace rose in Sri Lanka as the elusive Tamil Tigers chief planned to meet Norwegian peace brokers next week amid tension between the government and the rebels over tsunami aid.
Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was set to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen as part of Norway's first post-tsunami attempt to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering peace process.
"He is going to meet the Norwegian foreign minister next week," Puleedevan, head of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) peace secretariat, told AFP in an email.
Petersen and top Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim are due here for talks with Sri Lankan leaders as well as the rebels to try to end a 21-month impasse in negotiations.
Three days before the December 26 tsunamis, the Tamil Tigers rejected Sri Lanka's latest proposal to revive negotiations despite international pressure to save the Norwegian-backed initiative.
Diplomatic attempts to revive the peace negotiations have been stalled over disagreements on the agenda.
The Tigers want negotiations on their October 2003 proposal for interim self-rule, while Colombo insists the rebels must have parallel talks on a final peace deal.
Tiger supremo Prabhakaran warned in November he would resume his "freedom struggle" unless Colombo agrees to discuss his self-rule plan for an "Interim Self-Governing Authority."
Scandinavian monitors observing a truce between the two sides since February 2002 have said increased violations and the absence of talks could jeopardise the entire peace process and plunge the country back into war.
Tension between the rebels and the government had been rising after the tsunamis hit with the latter accusing Colombo of adopting a discriminatory policy over aid distribution, a claim denied by the government.
Relations worsened when President Chandrika Kumaratunga blocked United Nations (news - web sites) Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) from visiting rebel-controlled regions of the north and the east.
Last week an affiliate of the rebel group, the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), also accused the government military of hijacking their trucks and diverting aid to government-managed relief camps.
On Friday the TRO however said its volunteers and the government's Special Task Force (police) met to iron out differences.
Puleedevan also quashed rumours Prabhakaran had been killed by the tsunamis athat left nearly 31,000 Sri Lankans dead.
"I can assure you that our chief is alive," he said in the email to AFP.
Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corp. last week reported the Tamil Tiger head and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman were among the dead or missing in the disaster. It later retracted the report.
The Tigers slammed the broadcaster for carrying the reports, saying now was "not the time for gossip mongering and malicious propaganda".
The Island, meanwhile, reported Saturday that Colombo airport security officials thwarted attempts to smuggle in 14 bulletproof vests hidden in a container carrying relief items.
The rebel leaders met global donors to discuss aid needs in the island's northeastern regions last Thursday.
World Bank (news - web sites) spokeswoman Chulie de Silva told AFP information from teams who fanned out across the rebel areas to assess rebuilding needs was now being compiled.
"All these people (making assessments) need to come together and then I believe the earliest they will have a statement will be from around the 21st" of January, she told AFP.
Sri Lanka is considering a slew of cash and tax benefits for tsunami victims and waiving their utility bills, while the International Monetary Fund (news - web sites) granted the country a respite in its 2005 repayments of 113.5 million dollars.
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