The purpose of the visit is to brief India about what Norway had been doing. We will assist both India and Sri Lanka to find a peaceful solution to the problem.
"Erik Solheim" is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (Norway)/Socialist Left Party (SV). He was appointed Minister of International Development (Norway)/Minister of International Development in 2005 and also Minister of the Environment (Norway)/Minister of the Environment in 2007, and sat in both offices until 2012. Solheim was leader of the Socialist Youth (Norway)/Socialist Youth from 1977 to 1981, secretary of the Socialist Left Party/party secretary from 1981 to 1985, and member of the Parliament of Norway from 1989 to 2001. He was party leader from 1987 to 1997. Until being appointed minister, he worked as a diplomat and a participant in the Norwegian delegation that unsuccessfully attempted to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War before the outbreak of Eelam War IV. On November 2, 2012, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Erik Solheim became the new Chair of the OECD DAC (Development Assistance Committee), took over from Brian Atwood who was steped down in December 2012.[http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/politisk/erik-solheim-faar-toppjobb-i-paris-3915019.html Erik Solheim får toppjobb i Paris - Siste nytt - innenriks, utenriks]
More Erik Solheim on Wikipedia.This is a vote of confidence.
It is of paramount importance that both parties should meet urgently and start talks toward consolidating the cease- fire agreement.
It's going from bad to worse. It's very worrying. It's a kind of shadow war.
The high level of violence and the tragic loss of life are putting the cease-fire agreement at risk and will make it very difficult to secure further progress in the peace process.
In order to keep the violence from escalating further, it is urgent to get the two parties to sit down together to discuss how to ensure that the cease-fire agreement is observed and how the peace process can be advanced.
We will do whatever we can from the Norwegian side to try and find a solution ... to the present withering situation at the peninsula, and also to the long time settlement of the Tamil aspirations.
We call upon both the government and the LTTE to immediately come to the table and immediately discuss the cease-fire. Venue is not the central issue. The central issue is simply to come to table.
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