Friday, April 3, 2009

Norwegian envoy summoned over ‘Tiger call’

The Sri Lanka government said Thursday it had summoned Norway’s envoy to complain about the country’s alleged role in arranging a telephone conversation between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and a UN official.
Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona said the government voiced its “displeasure” over the call supposedly arranged last week between UN humanitarian chief John Holmes and a Tiger leader based abroad. Dr. Kohona said Norway “admitted” helping the international representative of the LTTE, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, who is better known as K.P, speak with Holmes.