BANGKOK: The Sri Lanka government and Tamil Tiger rebels kicked off what was expected to be a tense round of peace talks yesterday, with the process clouded by an army call to the rebels to surrender weapons.
The run-up to the four days of meetings in Thailand has been dominated by the dispute over the army calls for the rebels to begin disarming in response to Tiger demands that the military allow displaced Tamils to return to their homes in security zones in the north.
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