09-09-2003, 11:43 PM
[size=14]Tigers to boycott donor review meeting in Colombo? Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 6:56 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
The LTTE's position is that its participation would compromise its hard-line stand on the proposed Interim Administration.
Sept 09, Colombo: The Tigers are said to be boycotting the meeting to review donor aid pledged for Sri Lanka last summer in Tokyo, sources said. The meeting will be held in Colombo on September 11-16.
Informed sources revealed, The LTTE's position is that its participation would compromise its hard-line stand on the proposed Interim Administration.
Officials said representatives from the governments of Sri Lanka, the United States, Norway, several European Union member states, India and multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank, IMF, UN agencies and the LTTE would take part at the meeting, which will be chaired by Japan's Special Ambassador Yasushi Akashi.
International donors at the Tokyo meeting last summer pledged 4.5 billion dollars in aid to help the country to recover from two decades of war.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive/Septemb...er965629UN.html
The LTTE's position is that its participation would compromise its hard-line stand on the proposed Interim Administration.
Sept 09, Colombo: The Tigers are said to be boycotting the meeting to review donor aid pledged for Sri Lanka last summer in Tokyo, sources said. The meeting will be held in Colombo on September 11-16.
Informed sources revealed, The LTTE's position is that its participation would compromise its hard-line stand on the proposed Interim Administration.
Officials said representatives from the governments of Sri Lanka, the United States, Norway, several European Union member states, India and multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank, IMF, UN agencies and the LTTE would take part at the meeting, which will be chaired by Japan's Special Ambassador Yasushi Akashi.
International donors at the Tokyo meeting last summer pledged 4.5 billion dollars in aid to help the country to recover from two decades of war.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive/Septemb...er965629UN.html
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