Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe has on 27 May responded to the
letter from Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen
of 23 May. At the request of Prime Minister Wickremesinghe,
Norway has today communicated his response to the
chief negotiator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE), Mr. Anton Balasingham. Representatives
from the Norwegian Embassy delivered this response
through the LTTE in Kilinochchi this
afternoon.
Mr. Erik Solheim who
visited Colombo from 25-28 May 2003 returned to Norway
this evening. During the visit, Mr. Solheim and Norwegian
Ambassador Hans Brattskar have met several times with
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and members of his Government.
They also have met with representatives of the donor
community. |