Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 16, SPA -- AN AMERICAN ENVOY URGED SRI LANKAN LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ETHNIC TAMILS TO RETURN TO PEACE TALKS AMID SPIRALING VIOLENCE THAT HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR, A U.S. OFFICIAL SAID TUESDAY. DONALD CAMP, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS, MET WITH SRI LANKA’S FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS, U.S. EMBASSY SPOKESMAN PHILIP FRAYNE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. --SPA CAMP ALSO MET WITH LEADERS OF THE TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE PARTY _ LARGELY SEEN AS A PROXY OF TAMIL TIGER REBELS. CAMP URGED BOTH SIDES TO FIND A WAY TO RESUME TALKS,FRAYNE SAID. www.spa.gov.sa/361431