UNF readies Interim Administration proposals

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 July 2003, 14:01 GMT]
The United National Front government of Sri Lanka Thursday announced that the basic proposals for the proposed interim administrative structure for the Northeast province are now ready to be sent to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam through Norwegian facilitators within the next few days, sources said

Cabinet spokesman, Minister Mr. G.L.Peiris, addressing a press conference Thursday said that the final draft of the interim administrative structure would be finalized once the LTTE submitted its response to the UNF government’s basic proposals.

Peiris said that the UNF government wanted to take the peace process forward by identifying and eliminating shortcomings in the process. " I am confident that the stalled peace process could be resumed soon," he added.