Norway has no plan to push for Lankan peace talks now

There were "no plans for any visits," a Norweigan embassy official, who declined to be named, said discounting a report in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper that two envoys would be dispatched next week to discuss the current crisis in the peace process.

On Friday Sri Lanka's Supreme Court, citing constitutional issues, blocked a deal to share donor aid between the government and Tiger rebels who have waged a separatist war that has left more than 60,000 dead since 1972.

The deal, reached with the help of Norway almost six months after tsunamis devastated the island nation killing nearly 31,000 and leaving one million homeless, is now in limbo with the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) so far mute on the next steps.

About two-thirds of the tsunami damage occurred in the northeast of the country, parts of which are dominated by the LTTE.

The collapse of the tsunami aid deal is seen as a major setback to the peace process and truce in place since February 2002 and has increased the tension in the country's volatile northeast region.