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சுவீடனும் கண்காணிப்புக்குழுவில் இருந்து விலகியது,

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Foreign Minister: Sweden also to pull peace monitors from Sri Lanka by Sept. 1

By KATARINA KRATOVAC

AP

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Sweden decided Tuesday to pull out its 15-strong cease-fire monitoring team from Sri Lanka, joining Finland and Denmark who last week announced similar moves.

Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson told Swedish radio he saw no other option but for the Swedish observers to leave the island, where fighting between government troops and separatist Tamils has escalated.

The European Union in May designated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, a terrorist group, prompting the rebels to reject the presence of observers from EU members Sweden, Finland and Denmark, claiming they could not be objective.

"The Tamil Tigers have stayed staunchly at their position not to have citizens of EU countries represented in the observer mission," Eliasson said. "Unfortunately I reached the conclusion that, when one of the partners no longer accepts the presence of Nordic EU countries, it would be very difficult to remain there."

Finland and Denmark said on Friday they would withdraw their nationals from the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, or SLMM. Finland has 12 monitors while Denmark has eight monitors in the 60- strong mission.

Eliasson voiced concern ahead of the pullout, which he said would be completed by September 1.

"I hope the consequences of this decision will not be serious," Eliasson said. "But I cannot rule out that it would lead to intensifying fighting."

The Sri Lankan government criticized Nordic countries for giving in to terrorists' demands.

Peace talks aimed at settling rebel demands for a Tamil homeland in the predominantly Sinhalese country collapsed earlier this year amid a rebel boycott, and both sides stepped up attacks on each other's positions on the ground and at sea.

Norway formed the five-nation monitoring team after brokering the 2002 truce, which stopped more than two decades of civil war between the rebels and the government that claimed more than 65,000 lives.

On Sunday, the Danish foreign ministry said the withdrawal was "most regrettable" and had been "forced upon Denmark" by the Tamil rebels. It also expressed concerns that the pullout would "jeopardize the ceasefire" in Sri Lanka. :)

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