Colombo, Nov 18: Amid continuing power struggle, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today held crucial talks, their second since the political crisis erupted two weeks ago, and named a panel of officials to work out a cohabitation arrangement on "national issues".
"The President and the Prime Minister met today at the President's house and discussed in depth several issues on which they could work together," said a joint statement issued after their 90-minute meeting here.
It said a "committee of officials was appointed to work out the details of future working arrangements under which the President and the Prime Minister could work together on the important national issues."
It was also decided that the two leaders "would meet again in two weeks to move the process forward," the statement said without mentioning the troubled peace process.
The meeting between the two rival leaders came a day before the Parliament was due to be recalled after Kumaratunga suspended it for two weeks.
Bureau Report