Pemrakarsa terkemuka Norwegia dalam proses perdamaian, Erik Solheim, Kamis menawarkan upaya untuk menghidupkan lagi perundingan-perundingan perdamaian, meskipun ribuan penduduk suku Sinhala turun ke jalan-jalan di ibukota Kolombo dan menyerukan gencatan senjata dihentikan.
Norway's top peacebroker in the process, Erik Solheim, offered Thursday to try to revive peace talks, even as thousands of Sinhalese nationalists took to the streets in the capital Colombo calling for the truce to be scrapped.