Trowell who has achieved permission to observe the legal procedure via the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka was offered a special seat in the court room today.
He was seen shaking hands and chatting with the accused ex-Army Commander Sarath Fonseka before the hearing of the case commenced, judiciary sources said.
Trowell is to stay in the island during this week in order to monitor the legal procedures.
He is also to meet Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe and Attorney General Mohan Peiris during his stay, opposition sources said.
Trowell is an international observer experienced in observing similar cases such as the trials against Anvar Ibrahim of Malaysia.
The "White Flag" case involves an alleged comment made to a weekly national newspaper by Fonseka during last year's Presidential election campaign where he had said the Defence Secretary ordered the shooting of LTTE leaders who were trying to surrender during the final stages of the war in 2009.
The United States Defence Attach' in Colombo recently expressed doubts on the claim that there were offers from the LTTE to surrender during the last hours of the war.
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