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Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim, who arrived in the island on Wednesday, held intensive talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Wednesday night. Sources revealed that he also met Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasighe yesterday morning. The contents of this discussion with the Opposition Leader were not revealed. Solheim also had discussions with several other political parties. However the details of those discussions were also not available. Solheim had no plans to meet the LTTE leadership during this visit, a Norwegian embassy official said. President Kumaratunga emphasised that a separate state or Eelam was not negotiable and there will be no discussions on that matter. President in a television interview earlier this week said that there was a fresh glimmer of hope for a peaceful solution to the country's ethnic conflict, which had destroyed over 60,000 lives. However she stated that for peace talks to take place a definite date should be set for the discussions to commence and a limit should be agreed upon for such talks. Meanwhile the sources reported that a top Norwegian government official flew to Colombo after talks with the LTTE theoretician Anton Balasigham in London. Erik Solheim is due to leave Sri Lanka tomorrow.
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