Govt formally notifies Norway of CFA termination   

[Friday, January 04, 2008 - 4.15 GMT]     

The Government formally notified the Royal Norwegian Government of its decision to terminate the Ceasefire Agreement, a Foreign Ministry press release said yesterday. 

According to the release the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) on the Establishment and the Management of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) will also stand terminated with effect from January 16, 2008. 

Full text of the release 

The Government of Sri Lanka yesterday (January 03) formally notified the Royal Norwegian Government of its decision to terminate the Agreement on a “Ceasefire (CFA) between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)” concluded on 22^nd February 2002. This notification was in terms of Article 4:4 of this Agreement and will take effect 14 days from the date of this notice i.e 16^th January 2008. 

Accordingly, the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) on the Establishment and the Management of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) dated 18^th March 2002 between the Royal Norwegian Government and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka will also stand terminated with effect from 16^th January 2008.