Norwegian envoy to pay Sri Lanka second post-tsunami visit

COLOMBO (AFP) - Norway's peace envoy Erik Solheim will visit Sri Lanka next week for talks with the government and rebel Tamil Tigers over tsunami relief distribution, the Norwegian embassy said.

An embassy statement termed Solheim's second visit since the December 26 tsunami as a "regular" one, and said he would be visiting tsunami-affected areas in the south and the east of the island nation.