TNA parliamentarians meet LTTE political leadership

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 December 2003, 09:08 GMT]
Talks between Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians and the political leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) began Tuesday morning around 11 a.m. at the Killinochchi LTTE political secretariat, Vanni sources said.

Except "ousted" President of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) Mr.V.Ananadasangaree, other TNA parliamentarians are attending the meeting which is in progress, Vanni sources told TamilNet.

The LTTE delegation is led by its political head Mr.S.P.Thamilchelvan and TNA parliamentary group leader Mr.R.Sampanthan is leading the TNA delegation, sources said.

The meeting has been focusing its attention on the current political crisis prevailing in the south followed by the take over of the three key ministries by the President Ms Chandrika Kumaratunge and the talks now being held between the President and Prime Minister with regard to the proposal of forming national reconstruction and reconciliation government put forward by Ms Chandrika Kumaratunge, sources said.

The violence that had taken place in Trincomalee district and the suspected third force behind the Trincomalee unsettled situation would also be discussed with the LTTE political leadership in Killinochchi, TNA sources said before leaving to Vanni.