Sri Lankan Govt, Tamil Rebels Solve Road Dispute

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Sri Lankan Govt, Tamil Rebels Solve Road Dispute

A dispute between the Sri Lankan government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels over the commercial transport on a main highway appeared to have been resolved on Monday.

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A dispute between the Sri Lankan government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels over the commercial transport on a main highway appeared to have been resolved on Monday.

Gemunu Wijeratne, president of the Private Bus Owners' Association, said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels have approved 10 buses from the private association to have a direct bus service in rebel-held area in the north of the country.

"We will be travelling to Kilinochchi (rebel-held area) tomorrow to finalize the matter," Wijeratne said.

The LTTE rebels insisted that their own bus service should be allowed to retain a monopoly in the north.

The main A-9 highway between Kandy and Jaffna was reopened in mid April under the Norwegian-brokered ceasefire agreement signed by the government and LTTE rebels in February.

The two sides, however, were deadlocked over the bus service in rebel-held area in the north due to LTTE's imposition of conditions.

The Scandinavian truce monitors in April gave one month's time for both sides to resolve the matter enabling the civilian traffic to Jaffna to resume.

The government and LTTE rebels are expected to hold peace talks in Thailand in June.

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