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LTTE moves to reopen political offices in NE
The LTTE has informed the government through the Norwegian peace brokers that it intends to reopen political offices, which were shut down during a surge in violence late last year.

The LTTE’s intention was conveyed during a meeting with Norwegian ambassador Hans Brattskar and Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission chief Hagrup Haukland on Thursday.

Subsequently, the government was informed that the LTTE planned to re-open this week its offices, some of which had been shut for more than three months.

The cease-fire agreement allows the Tigers to set up offices for political work, just as much as it permits travel of unarmed LTTE cadres in government-held areas to engage in political activities.

However, the security forces have on more than one occasion found arms and ammunition stored in these "offices," and suspected that the buildings were being used as safe-havens for the Tigers' to engage in violence.
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