Norway’s peace envoy Jon Hanssen- Bauer rejected the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demand that the three European Union representatives Denmark, Sweden and Finland should withdraw from peace keeping duties in the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.
The peace envoy, from Norway, that does not belong to the European Union, said the LTTE decision to demand the withdrawal of the three European Union countries is most regretted and the rebel outfit should reconsider its decision.
Indicating that the three countries would continue to operate in the Monitoring Mission as before the Norwegian special peace envoy said the countries participating in the peace monitoring cannot be changed without the agreement of the parties that signed the original agreement namely Sri Lanka and the LTTE.
The controversy arose after LTTE objected the three countries representing the EU participating in the Monitoring Mission saying following the EU ban they could not be neutral.
