Shimali Senanayake in Colombo, Thu Jan 26 08:37:10 EST 2006
The United States on Thursday welcomed a decision by the Sri Lankan
government and Tamil Tiger rebels to resume talks and commended Norway
for clinching the deal."The United States welcomes the agreement by the Sri Lankan government
and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to hold peace talks in February
in Geneva.," the U.S. Embassy in Colombo said in a statement.
The agreement was reached after talks between Norway's top peace envoy
Erik Solheim and the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,
Velupillai Prabhakarn on Wednesday, after more than 18 month of
deadlock over a venue.
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