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Norway has no immediate plans to push new talks on Sri Lanka aid deal
L to R: Samantha Ranatunga, Chairman, HVA Foods PLC; Jan Müggenburg, Chief Executive Officer, Müggenburg Group; Graham Stork, Chief Executive Officer, HVA Foods PLC; Sarva Ameresekere, Group Chairman, George Steuart & Co. Ltd.
Peace broker Norway denied a report it was planning to send envoys to Sri Lanka after a Supreme Court ruling effectively scuttled a deal to share billions of dollars in international tsunami aid with Tamil rebels. Peace broker Norway denied a report it was planning to send envoys to Sri Lanka after a Supreme Court ruling effectively scuttled a deal to share billions of dollars in international tsunami aid with Tamil rebels. There were "no plans for any visits," a Norweigan embassy official, who declined to be named, said discounting a report in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times newspaper that two envoys would be dispatched next week to discuss the current crisis in the peace process.