Norway attempted to DIVIDE Sri Lanka in pursuit of its Geopolitical, Economic and Christian Missionary agendas ... supporting the LTTE with diplomatic cover, Norwegian government funds, military equipment, and a secure base in Norway.
Yet, Norway FAILED MISERABLY to create an CLIENT EELAM STATE in Sri Lanka, because a PATRIOTIC Sri Lankan Government backed by the VAST MAJORITY OF Sri Lanka's PATRIOTIC PEOPLE, mindful of their history and their roots, arose to confound their "Grand Design".
Other countries of the world beset by similar terrorism, supported and orchestrated by foreign Neo-Colonialist forces that attempt to destabilize and undermine them for their own gain, have RECOGNIZED what the patriotic indigenous forces of Sri Lanka accomplished in ridding itself of BOTH terrorism and foreign domination. They are now emulating Sri Lanka by following suit to secure the integrity and sovereignty of their own countries.
We say ... MORE POWER TO THEM! Long live the indigenous native peoples of the world! May they succeed in securing THEIR PLACE UNDER THE SUN independently, through their own efforts, and not accept domination as abject minions of advanced foreign countries preaching HYPOCRITICAL SERMONS which they themselves never practice when their own interests are at stake!
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ColomboPage.com, Sri Lanka.
Nov 11, Oslo: Norway, the facilitator of the failed peace process in Sri Lanka conflict blames Sri Lanka's political structure and the Tamil Tiger rebels' hardline stand for the failure of Norway's efforts to bring a peaceful solution to the island nation.
A report titled "Pawns of Peace: Evaluation of Norwegian Peace Efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009" released in Oslo on Friday, says the election of President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is from "outside the metropolitan English-speaking dynasties" combined with the Sri Lanka Marxist party, JVP's electoral come-back and emergence of Buddhist monk party, JHU, marked an important change in Sri Lanka's political structure.
The report on evaluation of Norway's involvement in Sri Lanka's peace process has been prepared by the Evaluation Department (EVAL) of the Norwegian government development agency NORAD. The evaluation has been carried out by Chr. Michelsen Institute together with the School of Oriental and African Studies. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Norway was a main stakeholder in it.
According to the terms of reference of commissioning an independent panel to report, the purpose and objectives of the evaluation and the intended use of the report were to "learn from the unique Norwegian experience as a facilitator in the peace process in Sri Lanka."
The Intended users of the evaluation are Policy-makers in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the general public.
The 208-page report attributes the failure of the peace process also to the political rivalry between the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka during height of the peace process (2001-2003) Ranil Wickremasinghe and the then President Chandrika Kumaranatunga.
"At no point did Chandrika and Ranil's relationship with each other become less important than their relationship with Prabhakaran," a member of the Norwegian team has noted.
The efforts by the United National Front government that was in power during those years to limit the President's involvement in the peace process were short sighted and destabilizing, the report concluded.
Changes in the military power balance between the government and LTTE in part account for the emergence of the Ceasefire Agreement, the subsequent stalling of talks and the re-escalation of war as the LTTE believed it had reached a position of military parity, the report said.
However, the increasing number of countries blacklisting the LTTE, due to its hardline position and ceasefire violations during the peace negotiations left the rebels isolated and the military power shifted in favor of the government over the years ultimately leading to the defeat of the movement.
Once President Rajapaksa came to power, the new administration drew the military and diplomatic support from non- Western states including India, China and Pakistan, which had very different views about sovereignty, human rights and conflict resolution, the report noted.
With the support from the East, the government changed the initiative to end the conflict peacefully and opted for all-out war against the terrorists, the Norwegian evaluation observed.
"Rajapaksa diluted the influence and pressure of Western actors and created space to pursue the war in spite of the humanitarian costs," the report noted.
In conclusion, the report determines the SLFP government aligned itself with India, China and other Asian powers while also drawing on a mixture of humanitarian and counter-terrorism doctrines to generate the policy space and diplomatic cover to pursue a military solution to the conflict. Many other governments with their own insurgency problems have looked at what they regard as Sri Lanka's successful diplomatic and military campaign, with a view to replicating many of its features.
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