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### Viewing cable 06COLOMBO1047, NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO

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06COLOMBO1047 | 2006-06-23 05:26 | 2011-05-19 00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Colombo
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001047
    SIPDIS
    SIPDIS
    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/23/2016
    TAGS: PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
    SUBJECT: NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO
    LEAVE IN 30 DAYS
    Classified By: Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reason 1.5 (d).

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Tigers insist monitors from
    EU-members states must leave, give 30-day window
    for transition. Future of the monitoring mission
    now extremely problematic, Norwegians will discuss
    it with other Nordics on June 28. Tigers upset
    about their treatment at Colombo airport while
    returning from Oslo, which Norwegians felt
    violated personal promise from President Rajapakse.
    Tigers warn Government to stop air and artillery
    attacks or face offensive action. Norwegians
    have no plans for future peace initiatives at
    this point, will concentrate on future of SLMM.
    Norwegians more depressed than we have ever seen
    them. END SUMMARY.

    ¶2. (C) Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar briefed
    Co-Chair Chiefs of Mission June 22. Brattskar had
    been to LTTE headquarters in Kilinocchi the
    previous day to discuss with the Tigers the future
    of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),
    following the Tiger decision to no longer accept
    monitors from EU nations after the EU listed the
    LTTE as a terrorist organization. Brattskar said
    that he had argued strenuously with the Tigers to
    continue with the SLMM as currently constituted,
    with nationals from non-EU Norway and Iceland, and
    from EU members Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
    Brattskar¥s interlocutor, LTTE Political Head
    Tamilchelvan, adamantly refused, saying that the
    "leadership had decided."

    ¶3. (C) Brattskar told the Tigers this would have
    "immediate and dramatic consequences" for the work
    of the SLMM. He asked for a six month transition
    period. The Tigers would only agree to one month.
    They agreed to start that one-month clock ticking
    on June 28, when the SLMM contributor states will
    meet in Oslo.

    ¶4. (C) Brattskar said that the next steps would
    need to be discussed with the other SLMM members
    and the Government of Sri Lanka. As mentioned
    above, the Nordic countries would meet in Oslo on
    June 28. He impressed upon the Tigers the need to
    guarantee the safety and security of the monitors,
    and also of their local Sri Lankan employees.
    Brattskar said that the LTTE demand did not
    require amending the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA),
    since the relevant paragraph said only that SLMM
    members would be "recruited from Nordic
    countries." The two sides had agreed on which
    countries in discussions after the CFA was signed.

    ¶5. (C) Brattskar said the future of the SLMM is
    now uncertain. Norway and Iceland supply 20 of
    the current 57 members. A 20-member mission would
    simply not be able to do the job, placing the
    ceasefire under greater strain. Recruiting new
    countries acceptable to both parties to join the
    mission would be problematic at best. "Who would
    want to sign up?" in the current conditions,
    Brattskar asked.

    ¶6. (C) Brattskar also said that the LTTE was very
    upset about the way their team was treated at the
    Colombo Airport when they returned from the recent
    Oslo meeting. They were made to wait in the
    public arrival hall for several hours while they
    were processed through immigration and customs.
    Brattskar said that this was a violation of a
    promise that President Rajapaksa had made
    personally to Minister Eric Solheim, which in turn
    had persuaded the Tigers to attend the Oslo
    COLOMBO 00001047 002 OF 002
    meeting. (Note: where they refused to meet with
    the Government.) It was acceptable to make the
    Tigers go through normal entry procedures,
    Brattskar said; what was not acceptable was to
    jeopardize their security by having them standing
    in the midst of a large crowd for several hours.
    The GSL had also tried to back away from its
    commitment to return the LTTE delegation to
    Kilinocchi by helicopter, but had eventually given
    in after intense Norwegian pressure. Brattskar
    doubted that the Tigers would agree in the future
    to travel through the airport, making the
    logistics of any future meetings even more
    troublesome.

    ¶7. (C) On other matters, Brattskar said that the
    Tigers continue to deny that they were responsible
    for the recent bus attack, but had asked him to
    pass a message to the Government that if air and
    artillery attacks continued, the Tigers would
    "take offensive action."

    ¶8. (C) Brattskar concluded that Norway has to
    continue as facilitator, but had no conclusions
    for the coming months except that they have a big
    problem with the SLMM. They don¥t see any
    initiatives to pursue in the current climate.
    Brattskar himself was leaving the next day for a
    month¥s leave in Norway--the longest he had been
    away from the island in his four-year stint as
    Ambassador.

    ¶9. (C) COMMENT: The Norwegians or at least
    Ambassador Brattskar, seem to have run out of
    steam, and appear resigned to go into a passive
    mode while they sort out the future of the SLMM.
    This may be a short-term downturn while they
    gather their breath, but we have never seen them
    so negative in three years here.
    LUNSTEAD

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