No peace initiative, says Colombo

Sri Lanka on Wednesday refuted reports in a section of the press that it had launched “fresh initiatives” for peace and declared that the military offensive against the threat posed by the Tamil Tigers would continue.

Defence spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told a news conference here that there was no truth in the reports that the Government had asked Norway to reach out to the LTTE leadership in Kilinochchi to explore the possibility of peace.

Four days ago, most of the local newspapers carried reports suggesting that on the eve of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meeting in Oslo on June 26, President Mahinda Rajapaksa conveyed a message to Norwegian Special Envoy John Hanssen Bauer that his Government was ready for talks with the Tigers.

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