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| SUPPORT MEETING - SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS |
| Press Guidance |
| Date: 15.11.2002 |
On Monday
25 November, the Foreign Ministry of Norway will hold
a Support Meeting for the Sri Lanka peace process. The
meeting is arranged in consultation with the parties
and is a part of Norway's efforts to facilitate the
peace process.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen plans to open
the meeting. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
will participate in the meeting, as will the chief peace
negotiator of the LTTE, Anton Balasingham, and the chief
peace negotiator of the Sri Lankan Government, G.L.
Peiris. Participants include U.S. Deputy Secretary of
State Richard Armitage, UK Secretary of State for International
Development Claire Short, and EU Commissioner Margot
Wallstrøm. High-level participants also will
attend from a number of other countries, including Japan,
Germany, Sweden and Denmark (EU Presidency).
The Support Meeting will take place at Holmenkollen
Park Hotell Rica in Oslo from 10:00 AM to 6:00
PM on 25 November. Accredited members of the press will
be invited to cover the opening of the meeting and will
be admitted at 9:00 AM to receive their accreditation
and mount technical equipment. At the closing of the
meeting (approximately 6:00 PM), a press conference
will be held.
Accreditation
within Thursday, November 21:
E-mail:
press@mfa.no
Fax: +47 22 24 27 90
Please include your name, medium, profession,
date of birth, if possible also press card number, e-mail
and cell phone.
A week later, from 2 - 5 December, the third session
of the peace negotiations between the LTTE and the Government
of Sri Lanka will be held in Oslo. Information for the
press on that arrangement will follow during the week
of 18 November (Week 47). |
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