COLOMBO, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lankan military said Saturday that they had complained to the international truce monitors over alleged provocative action made by the Tamil Tigers.

    Brigadier Daya Ratnayake, the military spokesman, said the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) had been alerted to an incident offiring in the air by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in the northern Jaffna Peninsula.

    Ratnayake said the LTTE members has arrived near the Muhamalai army point in the Jaffna Peninsula and fired in the air. The incident happened around 8.30 p.m. (1430 GMT) Friday.

    "We have lodged a complaint with the SLMM as we treat this as aviolation of the cease-fire agreement", Ratnayake said.

    In another incident a few Tiger members had verbally abused themilitary near an army bunker at Chenkaladi in the eastern districtof Batticaloa.

    When the army moved to arrest them the Tiger members had escaped.

    The army accusations of provocation come ahead of the third anniversary of the ongoing cease-fire brokered by Norway.

    The LTTE and the government entered the cease-fire on Feb. 22 2002 as the precursor to direct negotiations.

    The cease-fire had largely held despite complaints from both sides of violations by the other party.

    Complaints are weighing heavily against the Tigers.

    The Norwegian embassy in Colombo announced Friday the arrival of the Norwegian special peace envoy Erik Solheim on Sunday.

    His visit coincides with the third anniversary of the cease-fire. Enditem