Tamil guerrillas have asked the government to disarm paramilitary groups working with the army if they wanted to renew the peace process.
Peace talks between the government and the LTTE have been stalled since April 2003.
Tamil guerrilla chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham conveyed their position to the Norwegian peace facilitators on Monday and said the government had to take steps to restore confidence in the peace process.
Balasingham also wanted the government to establish a joint mechanism with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for post-tsunami rehabilitation process in the country.
Joint mechanism
He met the Norwegian delegation comprising Special Envoy Erik Solheim and Foreign Ministry official Lisa Golden in London on Monday.
"The Sri Lankan Government needs to contribute to a conducive and congenial climate for the resumption of peace talks in two specific ways.
"Firstly, it should disarm the paramilitary forces functioning with the army or integrate them into its armed forces and station them outside the north east," Balasingham said.
"[Secondly], the government should end its intransigence in creating a joint mechanism with the LTTE to distribute post-tsunami relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance as soon as possible," Balasingham said.
"We don't see any sign of effort on the part of the government in creating such a conducive climate for the resumption of peace talks," he told the Norwegian delegation
Solheim is scheduled to fly to Colombo on Sunday for five-day official visit.
The government and the Tamil Tigers have so far failed to agree on working out a joint mechanism to carry out rehabilitation work following the tsunami in the guerrilla-controlled areas.
