Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with the Tamil National Alliance leaders today, officials said.

The top US diplomat met with TNA leader R.Sampanthan and several other senior party officials at Kerry's hotel in Colombo.

“Sec. @JohnKerry heard from R. Sampathan, CM Wigneswaran and other TNA leaders on their assessment of reconciliation efforts and road ahead,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal tweeted.

Kerry, who is to leave the country today after concluding his brief visit, already held talks with President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and several other government officials.