Tamil Tiger rebels told peace broker Norway on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government was reneging on promises to disarm paramilitary units, and said the island could see a resurgence of violence.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they informed Norway's top envoy Hans Brattskar that Colombo was going back on promises made during talks last month in Switzerland.
"There is a conspicuous absence of action," LTTE's political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan charged, saying this "only tends to aggravate the situation and lead back to the status quo of December-January."
At least 153 people were killed during two months of almost daily bloodshed before the two parties agreed to meet in Switzerland and try to save their February 2002 truce that was arranged by Oslo.
"The understanding reached in Geneva should not be allowed to go into lapse, for it would have serious impacts in the progress of the process and not at all (be) conducive to build confidence and mutual trust between the parties," Thamilselvan said in a statement in English after talks with Brattskar.
There was no immediate word from the Norwegians on the talks at Kilinochchi in LTTE-held territory in the island's north.
Thamilselvan also accused government-backed military units of abducting children in a bid to shift the blame to the Tigers for alleged recruitment of underage soldiers in recent weeks.
Both sides have traded charges since the two-day talks near Geneva last month amid rising tensions in the island's restive east.
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