Representatives of Sri Lanka’s chief aid donors USA, EU, Japan and Norway have said after a key meeting in Brussels Tuesday, that the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan government have expressed their willingness to hold talks “without preconditions.” This they said way conveyed to the Norwegian mediators.
"We got today the expression of willingness, we got signals from the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, to come to talks unconditionally," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner was quoted as saying.
The donors have urged both parties to meet in Oslo in early October a Norwegian foreign office source told this writer from Oslo.
Representatives of the United States, European Union, Japan and Norway met in Brussels today to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka.
At the meeting the donors have urged the government to stop military operations immediately and the LTTE to stop violence against the Sri Lankan security forces.
Earlier, the rebel political wing chief S P Thamilselvan was quoted by a pro-rebel website as saying "“The LTTE is ready for talks. However, the opportunities for resuming the talks will be much stronger when the Sri Lankan government ceases its military attacks and all the CFA articles are fully respected and implemented.”
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