The Norwegian ambassador in Colombo was summoned by the Sri Lankan Foreign Office earlier this week to express concern over news reports alleging the role of some of the diplomats in the embassy here in helping some refugees with LTTE links to leave the island nation. The Island newspaper, quoting ‘authoritative sources’ on Friday, said that ‘Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary had expressed concern over the alleged involvement of Colombo-based Norwegian diplomatic staff in the clandestine operation. Norwegian Ambassador Haraldstad was told that a statement attributed to former Norwegian peace envoy, Minister Erik Solheim, which endorsed the actions of the embassy staff wasn’t acceptable.’ The Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, in a May 12, 2011 news item captioned, Norway to help refugees from Sri Lanka, reported that the Norwegian authorities had secretly purchased tickets and obtained political asylum for persons deemed to be at risk in Sri Lanka. The Norwegian Embassy in Colombo had earlier denied that it was involved in any illegal or clandestine activity. ‘The Norwegian embassy notes that the translation and representation of the article [in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten] in local media contain some inaccuracies, such as referring to the refugees as members of the LTTE’ It is not correct that the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo has secretly been helping 12 LTTE cadres out of the country’To the best of our knowledge, the embassy did not assist any LTTE-cadres.’ Meanwhile , Norwegian media reports say that the Norwegian Law enforcement authority arrested Oslo based LTTE Leader Nediyawan in Norway and he was produced before the Norwegian Court in Oslo on Thursday.