At a meeting with the Defence Secretary Mr. Cyril Herath, held in Colombo on the 4th October 2004, Head of Mission of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, Major General (ret) Trond Furuhovde reiterated the SLMM stance on the issue of the two Home guards being detained by the LTTE in the Trincomalee district.

A meeting was held in SLMM Office Akkaraipattu today 11th August 2004 at 10.00 hrs under the chairmanship of Mr. Raimo Rastas, Head of District of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission Ampara.

A meeting was held in the Divisional Secretariat Vavunathivu today, the Tuesday 15th June at 1100 hrs under the chairmanship of Mr. Roar Holm, the Acting Head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, Batticaloa.

At a meeting held today between GOSL and LTTE representatives LTTE agreed to immediately establish a direct liaison with Sri Lanka Police. The LTTE further agreed to provide information to assist with the identification and apprehension of criminal elements in Batticaloa area.

Referring to the recent killings in the Eastern Areas of Sri Lanka, namely the killing of 7 LTTE cadres in Batticaloa area on the 25th of April 04, killing of one person in the area South of Arayampathy on the 2nd of May 04, killing of 2 LTTE cadres in Thannamunai area on the 6th of May 04, killing of one person (claimed to be a former Karuna Faction cadre) in Pattinippuram village on the 8th of May, and killing of one SLA soldier in Batticaloa on the 9th of May 04, Major General Trond Furuhovde, the Head of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission has issued the following statement: