COLOMBO July 17 Kyodo A Norwegian...

COLOMBO July 17 Kyodo

A Norwegian special plenipotentiary on Thursday flew to rebel-held Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka with a wager of draft proposals for talks onward a Tamil Tiger dominated interim administration for the country's war-devastated northeast, a senior direction minister said.

Lakshman Pieris, the government's chief negotiator, declined to reveal the proposals on the contrary said they formed a basis for discussion to enable resumption of direct negotiations between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Talks have been stalled for almost three month since the Tigers suspended direct negotiations, saying the conduct had failed to completely implement a truce agreement signed in February 2002

''The proposals give an account of a concrete set of suggestions. This is a basis for discussion and we believe the parameters within which an interim administration can be established,'' Peiris told reporters.

The proposals were taken to the LTTE through Norway's former ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jon Westborg, now serving as a special peace minister of the Oslo government in Sri Lanka.

Norway factored the direct negotiations between the Colombo restraint and the LTTE and is serving as a facilitator of the peace process

Sri Lanka's 20-year civil war has take away from 65,000 lives. But the cease-fire between the Colombo guidance and LTTE has largely held since February last year, however the peace process has on no means been smooth

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