LTTE, TNA MPs, community leaders meet in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 02 November 2005, 18:08 GMT]
Military and political leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Trincomalee district held discussions Wednesday with two Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians and several representatives of Tamil civil groups in the district. Colonel Sornam, Trincomalee district military commander, Mr.S.Elilan, district political head and Mr.Vasanthan, a military commander of the LTTE participated on behalf of the LTTE in the discussion, sources said.

Mr.R.Sampanthan and Mr.K.Thurairatnasingham, attended the discussions on behalf of the TNA.

LTTE sources said the discussion centered on the current political and ground situation of the district.

The discussion was the first to take place in the LTTE district political secretariat located in Sampoor in the LTTE controlled Muttur east in the district after the return of Mr. Elilan from Vanni.

About three months ago Mr.Elilan was taken to Vanni with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) for medical treatment.