The second round of talks begins in Thailand on 31st October. Reports indicate that the LTTE team is being strengthened with the addition of two well known individuals -Tamil Chelvan, political head of the LTTE and Karuna, head of the military wing in the eastern province. Thisaddition is no surprise as the LTTE had to induct representatives who know the local conditions as all thethree who represented them in the first round were foreign based and the present round is expected to dealwith details of the Joint task force of Sri Lankan Security forces and the LTTE, discussed in the previousmeeting, acceleration of the resettlement of internally displaced persons and the presence of high securityzones of the Sri Lankan forces.