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Tigers insist on self-rule blueprint as basis for Lankan peace talks

AFP, Colombo
Tamil Tiger rebels are insisting their blueprint for self-rule in Sri Lanka, which was rejected by the government as a stepping stone to a separate state, should be at the core of a revival of the stalled peace negotiations.
A top rebel leader told reporters here that their "Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA)" plan must be the basis for fresh talks peace broker Norway has been trying to arrange amid conflicts over what should form the agenda for negotiations.
"It is the ISGA proposal that is going to be the basis for our talks," head of the Tamil Tiger "peace secretariat" S. Puleedevan told the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Sri Lanka late Wednesday.
However, he said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will send its members abroad to consult with international constitutional experts and the Tamil Diaspora on ways to mesh the self-rule plan into peace negotiations.
The LTTE last week announced that peace facilitator Norway was expected to announce dates and a venue to resume negotiations "within a day or two", but official sources said there were problems in finalising an agenda.
Puleedevan declined to say
when and where the talks would open, but said Oslo was working on several options following expressions of interest from Denmark, Italy and France to host talks between Colombo and the Tigers.
However, sources close to the peace process said Oslo was the likely venue for a face-to-face meet of the antagonists in July or August.
The previous government here and the Tigers held six rounds of talks in Thailand, Norway, Germany and Japan, but the Tigers suspended the negotiations in April last year after accusing Colombo of failing to deliver on promises.
However, President Chandrika Kumaratunga called snap polls after accusing Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe of conceding too much to the Tigers and her party narrowly won polls last month.
Puleedevan said they were not worried about the serious contradictions within Kumaratunga's Marxist-backed coalition as the president herself was giving leadership to the peace process from the government side.
Kumaratunga's main Marxist ally, the JVP or People's Liberation Front, had been staunchly opposed to Norway's involvement in the peace process. Both Kumaratunga and the JVP had described the Tiger self-rule plan as a stepping stone for a separate state.