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Mr Mossfield
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 20 August 1996:
(1) Will he try to broker an arrangement in which a non-aligned third party or group of eminent persons is employed to negotiate a peaceful settlement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil independence movement.
Mr Downer
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
(1) The Australian Government believes that there is an urgent need for a peaceful resolution of this tragic and long-running conflict so as to protect civilians throughout Sri Lanka, irrespective of their ethnic identity.
The Australian Government would see value in third party mediation in the conflict provided that international mediation was acceptable to both the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE, and that both sides were willing to engage in genuine negotiations on substantive issues. A durable solution cannot be imposed from the outside. The present environment in Sri Lanka appears not to be conducive to constructive negotiations between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE.
We are taking every opportunity in our ongoing contacts with the Sri Lankan Government to encourage progress towards a negotiated resolution and to add Australia's voice to calls to the parties involved to seek a negotiated settlement.