COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's president and prime minister met yesterday in an attempt to defuse the political crisis threatening the island's peace process, but failed to make a breakthrough, sources said.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held two-and-a-half hours of talks at the tightly-guarded office of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who had invited him to discuss creating a government of national unity.
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