The leaders of the government and the opposition met yesterday for their first briefing. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon updated Meretz MK Yossi Sarid on diplomatic and security issues. Sarid told Ha\'aretz that it was the first time the two had met privately since the mid-1970s when Sharon offered Sarid the number-two position in his newly-formed Shlomtzion party. Sarid rejected the offer. Sarid said about the meeting that both leaders had been \"frank and open.\"