The following summary tries to explain in short why the LTTE wants and needs to visit European, and generally Western countries. The LTTE motivations are two, educational and political. Coming to the educational motivation, the LTTE delegations in Europe took much trouble in educating themselves about different systems of state building and about democracy. Just
In answer to the massive demonstration and numerous petitions of predominantly Tamil refugees living in Europe against the travel ban of official LTTE delegations announced by the EU presidency on September 26, 2005, the EU commissioner for External Affairs, Mrs. Ferrero-Waldner in an Open Letter of December 22, 2005 underlined the continued concern of the EU
Ref: European Initiative for a Negotiated Peace in Sri Lanka (EINPSL) Here: Meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Helsinki/Finland Jan.10, 2006-01-12, 9-11.30 a.m. Topic: The EU travel ban of LTTE delegations and the potential listing of the LTTE as terrorist delegation; and their impact on the peace process 1. After thanking Mr Mikko Pyhälä (Ambassador,
