COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's prime minister has agreed to have talks with his political rival the president in a bid to keep alive peace talks with Tamil rebels but rejected her call for a unity government, officials said here yesterday.
The offer came as Norwegian envoys tried to breathe new life into the peace process for the first time since President Chandrika Kumaratunga threw the country into a tailspin last week by sacking three ministers and suspending parliament.
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