
Follow up meeting and the Tokyo conference- LTTE' s non-participation
In responding to an invitation from the Japanese embassy in Colombo the LTTE has expressed its inability to participate in the meeting.
The official position of the LTTE is that the Organization opted out of the Tokyo conference according to the dictates of the collective Tamil conscience. The premises that prevailed during that time have not changed in any manner enabling the Organization to participate in the follow-up meeting. The lack of an effective structure to receive and disburse the funds meant for resettlement, reconstruction and development, was the sole reason for the Organization to opt for an interim administrative structure, which alone the LTTE believes can effectively deal with the process. The LTTE leadership intends to clarify their position to Mr.Yasushi Akashi in a meeting scheduled to take place at Kilinochchi on 14th September.
10 September 2003
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