LTTE delegation to visit Norway

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 October 2003, 14:27 GMT]
A delegation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, led by Mr.S.P. Thamilchelvan, head of the political division of the LTTE, will visit Norway during October 14-17, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday.

Col. Karuna, the LTTE commander for the East, will be part of the delegation.

The same delegation is currently in consultations in Dublin, Ireland, with constitutional and legal experts from the Tamil diaspora, and will visit Denmark before visiting Norway.

In Oslo, the delegation will meet with the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr Jan Petersen, and the Norwegian facilitators of the peace process in Sri Lanka, as well as with members of the local Tamil community.

The delegation also plans to visit the city of Bergen, according to the Norwegian foreign ministry.