Colombo, January 3: The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that it would consider peace talks if the guerrillas laid down arms and came to the negotiating table.
"We have not closed the door for talks," cabinet spokesman Anura Priyadarshana Yapa told the media here.

"In future, if the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) lays down arms and comes for talks, the government will reconsider its stand," he said.

Asked to comment on Wednesday's cabinet decision to scrap the truce pact signed with the LTTE in February 2002 with Norwegian facilitation, Yapa said the government felt that the agreement was a "non-functioning" one.