Road from Geneva to Nanthikadal
After a second round
of talks in April 2006 failed to materialize due to transgression on
the part of the LTTE, Norway arranged for the two parties to meet in
Oslo on June 8 and 9, 2006. The LTTE refused to meet the government
delegation on the basis it wasn’t led by a minister. The LTTE took up
the position that Dr. Palitha Kohona wasn’t important enough for them
to sit at the negotiating table. The LTTE also objected to the presence
of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) personnel from EU states,
Denmark, Sweden and Finland, due to the EU proscribing the LTTE as a
terrorist organization...Read more