Sri Lankan PM to Cooperate for Peace

[Socialist Christian]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=721&e=10&u=/ap/20031120/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday he was willing to give the president a broader role in the peace process with Tamil Tiger rebels in an effort to resolve a power struggle between the leaders.



President Chandrika Kumaratunga accuses Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of granting too many concessions to the rebels and has moved curtail his power, taking control of three top ministries. The two are from different parties.


The power struggle has paralyzed the country's efforts at finding a lasting resolution to its two-decade civil war.


The prime minister is willing to enter a memorandum of understanding with Kumaratunga as a guide for the peace talks, Wickremesinghe's spokesman, G.L. Peiris, said.