The Sri Lankan government urged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to heed to its security advise in traveling within the government controlled areas in the country's north and east.

The Ministry of Defense in a statement issued Thursday said "agreement was reached after the cease-fire agreement that the LTTEwould inform the government in order that security forces provide suitable escorts".

The statement came after Monday night's ambush in the eastern province where the LTTE's top women's wing members were seriously hurt.

The government blamed the LTTE for traveling into government areas disregarding the facility of military escorts.

Early last month the gunning down of the LTTE' eastern political wing leader E Kousalyan triggered an uproar as the rebels blamed a paramilitary group working alongside government troops for the killing.

The government denied the charge and President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed a special two-member committee to look into the escalation of violence in the eastern province and attacks against the LTTE members.

Source: Xinhua