Sri Lankan government has offered a "structured dialogue" to the country's main Tamil party TNA to find a solution to the political aspirations of the minority ethnic community.
Rajiva Wijesingha, a government legislator who was part of the talks, said that talks would be carried forward during three separate days in December.
Commenting on the latest round of talks held yesterday, Suresh Premachandran, the senior TNA legislator said, "We have to take forward a structured dialogue".
"We have identified several areas - devolution to provinces, powers of the centre, legislative, executive, judicial and powers of the Governor. We discussed these issues," Premachandran said the talks would continue next month.
Since the end to the war with the LTTE in May 2009, the government came under increasing pressure from India and the international community to work towards finding a credible devolution of power.
The TNA-govt talks resumed in September after TNA walked out of talks early August, claiming that the talks were not leading anywhere.
The TNA looks for meaningful implementation of the thirteenth amendment to the constitution adopted with Indian backing in 1987.
However President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government is averse to conferring land and police powers to the provincial councils.
The government has mooted the idea of a parliamentary select committee to include all political parties in finding a political solution running parallel with its direct talks with TNA.
PTI
Rajiva Wijesingha, a government legislator who was part of the talks, said that talks would be carried forward during three separate days in December.
Commenting on the latest round of talks held yesterday, Suresh Premachandran, the senior TNA legislator said, "We have to take forward a structured dialogue".
"We have identified several areas - devolution to provinces, powers of the centre, legislative, executive, judicial and powers of the Governor. We discussed these issues," Premachandran said the talks would continue next month.
Since the end to the war with the LTTE in May 2009, the government came under increasing pressure from India and the international community to work towards finding a credible devolution of power.
The TNA-govt talks resumed in September after TNA walked out of talks early August, claiming that the talks were not leading anywhere.
The TNA looks for meaningful implementation of the thirteenth amendment to the constitution adopted with Indian backing in 1987.
However President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government is averse to conferring land and police powers to the provincial councils.
The government has mooted the idea of a parliamentary select committee to include all political parties in finding a political solution running parallel with its direct talks with TNA.
PTI
