LTTE team to Geneva tomorrow

Ananth Palakidnar

COLOMBO: The LTTE delegation headed by its political chief S.P. Thamilselvan will leave for Geneva tomorrow.

Thamilselvan will be accompanied by other senior members of the organisation P. Nadesan, Illanthirayan and Jeyam. The Director of the LTTE's Peace Secretariat S. Pulithevan will also join the entourage.

According to LTTE media spokesman Daya Master 11 members of Thamilselvan's own media and political units will also accompany the delegation.

An Air Force helicopter will bring the LTTE delegation from Killinochchi to the Bandaranaike International Airport. The flight of the LTTE delegation to Geneva will take off in the evening, Daya Master said.

A Norwegian embassy official will accompany the LTTE delegation to Geneva.

The Swiss Ambassador to Sri Lanka B. Regazzoni will be in Geneva to facilitate arrangements for the talks, Swiss embassy sources said.