Sri Lankan president initiates talks to break apparent impasse on constitution

The President stressed the need to speed up the process.  In a bid to break the apparent impasse on Sri Lanka’ s constitutional reform process, President Mathripala Sirisena has begun talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Leader of Opposition R. Sampanthan. Chairing the first tripartite discussion on January 30, the President reiterated his commitment to a genuine [...] Read more here: The Hindu