NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan. 6 Kyo...

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan. 6 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH SRI LANKA GOV'T DELEGATION LEADER'S REMARKS)

The first day of resum peace talks between the Sri Lankan control and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) went ''cordially'' Monday with the two sides agreeing to expedite unfolding projects in the battle-torn area and to separate issues related to resettlement of internally displaced persons

''In the spirit of understanding and cooperation, we agreed forward (the) agenda, we identified our priorities...and we are focusing self-same productively and cordially upon the development-oriented issues on the ground'' Constitutional Affairs Minister GL Peiris, who l the command delegation, told reporters after the first three-hour session at a garden resort in central Thailand.

Peiris said the pair sides started their fourth spherical of peace talks by way of considering ways and means of expediting progression in a continuously ascending gradation work in war-torn parts of the island, and agreed to discuss issues conjoined to resettlement of internally displaced ones in the northern Jaffna Peninsula as well as human rights issues from one side of to the other the next three days.

He said the sensitive issues of disarmament and demilitarization in the battle baldric would be discussed Tuesday as part of the issues related to the resettlement

''Certainly, we regard the issues of resettlement self-same important. We are going to discuss those, moreover not to the exclusion of all other substantive issues,'' said Peiris, who added, ''There is nothing uncompromising'' between the couple parties.

Peiris dismissed modern news reports that the Tamil Tiger rebels had threatened to stall the peace talks if they could reach no conclusion upon the thorny military issues and the resettlement of displaced ones in areas designated by the rule as high security zone

Peiris was quot by way of the Bangkok Post as saying Sunday that he was optimistic that a practical original for de-escalation in ''high security zones'' could be worked out

Peiris made the remarks with his arrival Sunday in answer to media queries about the contentious issues between the regulation and the rebels.

The direction has insisted that Tamil rebels in the Jaffna Peninsula disarm in exchange for the scaling down of Sri Lanka Army camps in the war clime The LTTE, for its part, has called for a resettlement of displaced someones in the high security belts held by the government

''There is any confusion that the government is asking (the rebels) to disarm for a political resettlement In fact, we just ne reciprocity in a suitable form -- for example, if the army models its presence, there should be a certain quantity of reciprocal gesture on the other side,'' the Bangkok station quoted Peiris as saying.

The first brace rounds of the peace talks were held in Thailand in September and November while the third was held last month in Oslo

The pair sides agreed at the last rotund that power-sharing between Colombo and the LTTE would be implemented within the framework of a federal a whole of government.

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