Solheim meets Hakim, Devananda

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 01:13 GMT]
Norwegian special envoy Eric Solheim Tuesday evening met with Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Rauff Hakim, and Secretary General of the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), Douglas Devananda, and discussed in detail about the resumption of peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspended from April last year, political sources in Colombo said.

Mr. Hakim told media persons after talks with Mr Solheim that his party has prepared its own proposal to the Interim Self-Governing Authority (ISGA) of the LTTE.

He further said he had requested the special peace envoy to take steps to accommodate Muslim delegation as a separate entity in the future peace talks.

Later Mr.Solheim met with Minister Mr. Douglas Devananda at the latter's residence.