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Finnish Tamils march from Helsinki EU
office to Foreign Ministry, 29 May 2006
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Germany,
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The representatives of the Tamil
organisations in Finland, who met the Finnish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs officials, after marching 2 km from the
Helsinki EU office to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at
Merikasarminkatu Monday noon, told media that Norway which
skillfully executed the facilitator role during the
challenging internal opposition from the Sinhala extreme
nationalist parties, was now being alienated by the external
factors arising from the EU's move to ban the LTTE. More
than 170 Tamils took part in Finland where a 250 Tamils
live.
More than 70 percent of the Tamils in Finland marched from
EU office to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Helsinki.
Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs official from Asia and
Oceania desk, Matti Junnila and Project Assistant, Sami
Karhonen, a former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM)
official who had served in Vavuniya, received the Tamil
delegation comprising Kandiah Gnanadevan, Manchula Mohandas,
S. Jebanesan and three other Tamil
The former SLMM official, who has been on
the ground, understood the danger prevailing in Tamil
homeland and the involvement of the Sri Lanka military in
the extra-judicial killings taking place in the Tamil
homeland, said Mr.Gnanadevan. The Foreign Ministry official,
Matti Junnila, explained that Finland would be supporting
the Norwegian efforts. The Tamil delegation explained that
the EU move to curb the Tamil support to the political
leadership of Tamils in Tamil homeland, would be detrimental
to the already tenuous peace process, said Mr. Gnanadevan.
Thamilchelvan applauds Finland's
contribution to SLMM
[TamilNet,
October 14, 2004 19:47 GMT]
 “Tamil people are greatful to the Government
of Finland for its significant contibution to the efficient
functioning of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),”
said S.P. Thamilchelvan, head of the LTTE political wing in
a meeting with Mr. Jaakko Laajava, under- secretary of state
for political affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Finland, Thursday held at the Foreign Ministry Building.
Thamilchelvan updated Mr. Laajava with the current status of
the peace process and the general political situation, LTTE
sources said from Finland.
The Under-Secretary assured Thamilchelvan Finland
government's full co-operation to the peace process and
humanitarion delivery to the war-affected people, and called
upon Goverment of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to recommence the
peace talks at the earliest.
Earlier Thursday the LTTE delegation met with Ms. Paula
Moisander, secretary for International Affairs, Parliament
of Finland and discussed matters related to upgrading
humanitarian assistance in the war-affected areas of
NorthEast.
Ms. Katja Ahlfors, Attache Asia and Oceania Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, co-ordinated the meetings. |
