Talks betewen the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels ended today with no agreement on political or humanitarian issues with no date set for further discussions, parties to the talks said.
S.P. Thamilselvan, chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), said the rebels would not participate in new talks until the A9 highway linking the north to the rest of the country was reopened, a demand refused by the government in the weekend session.
"It is regrettable that they have imposed a condition for future talks," Nimal Siripala de Silva, head of the government delegation, told a Geneva news conference after the two-day meetings.