WEB DESK

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today met Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and other party leaders for talks in an attempt to end the stalemate in Parliament.

The meeting took place at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday evening.

United National Party (UNP) Assistant Leader Ravi Karunanayake said that an agreement was reached to resolve the crisis by holding again vote of confidence tomorrow.

The President reportedly assured at the meeting that he will address the issue in Parliament and resolve it over the next few days.

Earlier, Parliament was disrupted today due to clashes between two sides led by new Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ousted PM Ranil Wickremesinghe.