No Violations of Sri Lanka's Ceasefire Agreement: Top Monitor

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No Violations of Sri Lanka's Ceasefire Agreement: Top Monitor

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None of the complaints investigated by the Norway led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission has been identified as violating the ceasefire agreement between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, The Island newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Head of the monitoring mission Trond Furuhovde said in an interview with the paper that reports of abductions, extortion and child conscription were criminal acts unrelated to the ceasefire agreement that needed to be dealt with by the police.

He said the monitors could not look into speculation or turn general reports into complaints for the purpose of investigating them. There were no direct complaints lodged with the mission about the activities reported in the media, he added.

The actual complaints presented so far cannot be categorized as violations of the ceasefire agreement signed by the government and the Tamil rebels on February 22, he said.

In all there are 23 members on the monitoring team from Norway, Finland and Sweden and they have been deployed in Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee,Batticaloa and Ampara in the north and east of the country.

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