COLOMBO May 24 Kyodo A special No...

COLOMBO May 24 Kyodo

A special Norwegian ambassador will fly into Sri Lanka onward Sunday in a last-ditch bid to persuade the Tamil Tiger rebels to attend a major interview in Tokyo next month, the spokeswoman of the Scandinavian mission monitoring the 15-month cease-fire said here Saturday.

''Erik Solheim will arrive forward Sunday. I have no other details,'' the spokeswoman said.

Solheim has in extent been involved in the effort to extreme point Sri Lanka's 20-year conflict and have intercourse withs a good relationship with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

The announcement of the visit tread on the heels ofs U.S. expression of support for the Japanese decision to journey ahead with the two-day meeting, to be uncloseed by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi onward June 9 despite the LTTE not confirming its participation.

The LTTE is pushing for an interim administration controll at the rebels for the war-devastated northeast and refusing to move to Tokyo unless a firm assurance onward this is given. However, it has rul revealed returning to war.

''International opinion has placed the Tigers in a tight reproach about boycotting the Tokyo meeting. Solheim will experience to break the deadlock,'' a senior official of the government's peace secretariat said.

President Chandrika Kumaratunga has made clear that the propos interim administration demanded by means of the Tigers was not in accord with the country's Constitution and cannot be granted.

forward Friday she criticized the Norwegians of partiality and the Japanese of exceeding their strictly economic role

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