Sri Lankan Peace Talks Likely to be Held in Mid June: Tamil Rebels

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Sri Lankan Peace Talks Likely to be Held in Mid June: Tamil Rebels

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Sri Lankan separatist Tamil Tiger rebels said on Thursday that the peace talks between them and the government could be held in Thailand in the middle of June as the government is slow in implementing conditions of an indefinite ceasefire agreement signed by the two sides in February this year.

According to a Tamilnet website report, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Wednesday put forward the suggestion during the two-hour meeting in rebel-held town of Kilinochchi in the north of the country between rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen.

"With key aspects of the cease-fire agreement such as the lifting of fishing restrictions and enabling the entry of unarmed LTTE cadres into government-controlled areas scheduled to be implemented within 90 days of the signing on February 22 and prevailing slippages in other deadlines, talks could probably begin in the middle of June," the LTTE rebels said.

The LTTE rebels also demand the lifting of the ban on them before the peace talks and want government forces to withdraw from public places in Tamil-dominated areas.

Earlier, the government said that the peace talks is to be held in Thailand in early May.

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