{"id":56694,"date":"2012-10-16T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56694"},"modified":"2012-10-19T21:37:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T21:37:27","slug":"wikileaks-gsl-and-ltte-not-interested-in-diplomatic-niceties-solheim-to-co-chairs-in-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-and-ltte-not-interested-in-diplomatic-niceties-solheim-to-co-chairs-in-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: GSL And LTTE Not Interested In Diplomatic Niceties \u2013 Solheim To Co-Chairs In 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNorwegian Minister of International Development <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Erik+Solheim&amp;x=5&amp;y=4\">Erik Solheim<\/a><\/span> described the government and the Tigers as &#8220;two entities not interested in diplomatic niceties,&#8221; who are not responding to Norway&#8217;s messages.\u201d the US Embassy Oslo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-and-ltte-not-interested-in-diplomatic-niceties-solheim-to-co-chairs-in-2007\/erik-solheim\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56695\" title=\"Erik Solheim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erik-Solheim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erik-Solheim.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erik-Solheim-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated July 24, 2007, recounts the details of a meeting the representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) has had in Oslo on June 29,2007 to discuss the \u00a0developments in Sri Lanka.The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=WikiLeaks&amp;x=9&amp;y=7\">WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0database which is classified by DCM Kevin M. Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolheim said President Rajapaksa is focused on his Sinhalese electorate in Sri Lanka, &#8220;like a US Congressman&#8221; focused on his constituents. While Solheim,s recent meeting with Rajapaksa in Geneva was &#8220;pleasant,&#8221; his overall sense was the president has no plan or strategy to solve the Tamil issue nor does he appear that interested since he does not even have a good Tamil advisor. On the other side, Tiger leader Prabhakaran is preoccupied with waging war. Solheim stated that it has become more difficult for Norway to assess the current Tiger position without regular contact and without a senior Tiger leader outside the country to fill the shoes of the late Balasingham. Solheim emphasized the need to keep Norway,s communication with them open, particularly through access to Killinochchi.\u201d the US Embassy Oslo further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts to this cable;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-solheim-presented-five-points-plan-to-present-to-the-gosl-and-tigers\/\">WikiLeaks: Solheim Presented Five Points Plan To Present To The GoSL And Tigers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"WikiLeaks: Boucher Noted The Difficulty In \u201cReading\u201d Prabhakaran\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-boucher-noted-the-difficulty-in-reading-prabhakaran\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Boucher Noted The Difficulty In \u201cReading\u201d Prabhakaran<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":56695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375,27],"tags":[5591,5590,5588,5589,5587,5592],"class_list":["post-56694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks","tag-balasingham-to-co-chairs","tag-erik-solheim-on-anton-balasingham","tag-erik-solheim-on-ltte","tag-erik-solheim-on-mahinda-rajapaksa","tag-erik-solheim-on-sri-lankas-peace-process","tag-erik-solheim-on-sri-lankas-peace-process-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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