Is Sri Lankas Protracted Peace Process Coming Apart?
“Analysts say Sri Lanka’s “protracted peace process is coming apart at the seams,” according to a Reuters dispatch published August 4, 2006 in The Age of Australia. The news service says “Norwegian special peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer flew to the island [August 4, 2006] to discuss how to preserve a Nordic truce monitoring mission after Denmark, Finland and Sweden pulled their staff out in the face of a rebel ultimatum.” See “Norwegian peace envoy in Sri Lanka.” The rebels are the Tamil Tigers. “The Tigers gave monitors from European Union (EU) nations a September 1 deadline to quit the island after the bloc (the EU) listed them as a terrorist organization alongside al-Qaeda, reducing the 54-member mission to just 20 people,” Reuters noted..