Agenda for Sri Lanka's Peace Talks Takes Form

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Agenda for Sri Lanka's Peace Talks Takes Form

The agenda for Norwegian-brokered peace talks of Sri Lanka is taking form with a questionnaire sent to both the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels on which the agenda will finally be based.

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The agenda for Norwegian-brokered peace talks of Sri Lanka is taking form with a questionnaire sent to both the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels on which the agenda will finally be based.

The questionnaire focuses on the formation and powers of the proposed interim administration to be established in the north andeast of the country, the state-run Daily News reported on Thursday.

The government has said that a date will be fixed once a clear agenda is drawn up and the ban on the Tamil rebels will be lifted 10 days prior to the commencement of the talks.

The talks are due to be held in Phuket, Thailand, and accordingto the Thai embassy in Colombo all arrangements have been finalized. The Sri Lankan government is expected to nominate a four-member delegation for the talks.

Government spokesman and Constitutional Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris said recently that they were not unduly worried about a delay in the talks but wanted stability instead.

Since the signing of an indefinite ceasefire between the government and Tamil rebels in February two meetings have already been held between representatives of the government and the rebelspertaining to the A-9 main highway connecting the country's south and northern Jaffna peninsula and the evacuation of the army from schools, religious sites and public buildings.

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