Norway to discuss Interpol warrant on Nediyawan

 Friday, 25 April 2014 

The Norwegian government has said it needs to discuss the Interpol warrant issued for the arrest of Perinpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyawan, a former LTTE member who the Sri Lankan government says is involved in attempts to revive the LTTE in Sri Lanka.

Norway’s NRK broadcaster has reported that the State Secretary in Norway’s Foreign Ministry Morten Høglund had said Norway will discuss the issue with Sri Lankan officials.

He has been quoted in the media as saying the Norwegian Foreign Ministry is expected to have discussions with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Norway on the Interpol warrant after he and his Norwegian NGO were banned by the Sri Lankan Government recently.

Meanwhile, The Local.no has recalled how Norway briefly arrested Sivaparan in Oslo in 2011, interviewing him over his role in financing operations for the LTTE among the Tamil Diaspora in The Netherlands and then releasing him on conditional bail.