Thursday, April 20 2006 15:44 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Colombo: Tamil Tiger rebels today (Apr 20, 2006) indefinitely postponed their proposed Swiss talks with Sri Lankan Government on saving the troubled truce.

No new date has been announced.

The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) told Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer they will not attend the talks rescheduled for April 24.

"Until a stable and conducive environment is created, we will not be able to attend the talks," the LTTE's Nitharsanam website quoted the group's political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan as saying.

"Until the Government implements what was agreed to in Geneva (during previous talks in February), including the disarming of para militaries, the violence will not stop," he said.

"Geneva talks are not possible until a stable situation is created," Thamilselvan said.

The talks were originally due on April 19 but later put off by five days at the request of the Tigers.

Hanssen-Bauer travelled to the rebel-held political headquarters in Kilinochchi today for talks with the Tigers on saving the ceasefire that came under renewed pressure following a surge in violence.

At least 64 people were killed in the bombings alone while the Tigers said more than a dozen were killed in attacks carried out by pro-government militia, especially in the island's restive eastern region.