§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Norwegian Government about Sri Lanka. [117641]
§ Mr. VazThe Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Mr. Hain) discussed the Norwegian initiative in Sri Lanka with State Secretary Wegger Stromen on 7 March. The government of which Mr. Stromen was a member has now fallen. The Secretary of State plans to make early contact with the new Norwegian Foreign Minister, Thorbjorn Jagland, when he will have an opportunity to discuss Norway's role in Sri Lanka.