BANGKOK, April 23 Kyodo The neare...

BANGKOK, April 23 Kyodo

The nearest round peace negotiations between Sri Lanka and Tamil rebels in Thailand has been postpon indefinitely from the earlier scheduled April 29 to May 2

Peace talk facilitator Norway formally informed Thailand the peace proces had to stalled because the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) decided against attending the nearest round.

The LTTE informed the Sri Lanka command Monday that ''under these circumstances the LTTE leadership has decided to suspend its participation in the negotiations for the time being. We will not be attending the donor meeting for consultation in Japan in June.''

The statement was contained in a alphabetic character from Anton Balasingham, the chief LTTE negotiator, to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The talks between the command and LTTE began last September.

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