Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway has made no decision on sending a team here following a request from President Chandrika Kumaratunga to help revive talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, a spokeswoman said.
"There is no decision on a mission, dates or even the composition of such a team," Norwegian embassy spokeswoman here, Kjersti Tromsdal, told AFP.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said at the weekend they were expecting a formal request from the Norwegians before responding to Kumaratunga's call to resume peace talks.
Tromsdal declined to say if the Norwegians had communicated Kumaratunga's request to the Tigers as requested by her during a conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik on Thursday.
On Sunday, the Tiger rebels demanded that talks be based on their proposal for self-rule after the president sought to restart negotiations in a move seen as aimed at securing support for her shaky government.
The Tigers said Kumaratunga's minority government should accept their proposal made in October to set up an Interim Self-Governing Authority (ISGA) in rebel-held areas.
Kumaratunga in a major policy shift invited Norway to resume its mediation shortly after her candidate for parliament speaker lost Thursday in a fiercely contested vote that underscored the government's lack of stability.
Tamils and Muslims voted against her Freedom Alliance which had in the past accused Norway of bias in negotiations to end three decades of bloodshed that has killed over 60,000 people.
LTTE spokesman Daya Master said the Tigers were awaiting a formal request from Norway to restart talks.
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