HC Deb 22 July 1997 vol 298 c516W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's recent discussions with the Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka. [9841]

Mr. Fatchett

I met the Sri Lankan Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance, Professor G. L. Peiris, on 19 June. We discussed bilateral economic relations and the current situation in Sri Lanka, including the Sri Lankan Government's efforts to find a resolution to the ethnic conflict.