COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan president's sacking of 39 junior ministers “seriously jeopardised” internationally backed efforts to end three decades of ethnic bloodshed, the rival prime minister said yesterday.
Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe warned in a letter to President Chandrika Kumaratunga that her actions against his caretaker government in the run-up to April 2 elections undermined confidence-building measures with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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