Tigers reject Lankan counter proposal to revive talks
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they will spurn any new government proposals to revive peace talks not giving them self-rule as peacebroker Norway was set to try to jumpstart the negotiations.
The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they would not consider proposals the Colombo government has said it is drafting as a basis for reviving stalled talks unless they included self-rule.
LTTE's political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan was quoted by the pro-rebel Tamilnet website Sunday as saying they suspected a move by President Chandrika Kumar-atunga's government to make proposals was only a ploy.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "We consider the counter-proposals by the government of Sri Lanka as a pretext to block us from coming to the negotiating table," Thamilselvan said.
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