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Colombo angry over meet in Oslo

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has conveyed Sri Lanka’s deep concern and condemnation to Norway over a meeting held by the Advisory Committee for the formation of the Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE) in Oslo this month.

The Foreign Ministry said Mr. Bogollagama summoned Norwegian Ambassador Tore Hattrem on Tuesday and informed him that the government had learnt of the meeting by LTTE front organisations where an action plan for the establishment of a PTGTE had been formulated. “He said that it was a matter of serious concern to note that the LTTE and its proxies were meeting and operating in Norway. The Minister pointed out that the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Norway being strong, such activities and meetings should not be permitted by Norway to take place on her soil.”

The statement said Mr. Bogollagama maintained that such meetings would only lead to what the LTTE had been seeking all these years, of a separate state.

Mr. Hattrem said his government shared Sri Lanka’s concern and reiterated that Norway had been against the call for a separate state.“He also rubbished the notion of a Transnational Government and reemphasised that the Norwegian Government would not tolerate any activities against a friendly country like Sri Lanka and added that Norway was committed to the various resolutions of the UN Security Council to combat terrorism.”

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