That at the moment seems to be absent. What is proposed is something even more substantial than what presently obtains in the Indian Union, but the LTTE has not shown any interest at the moment in that. Responding to questions on Sri Lanka's internal situation, Minister Kadirgamar said there is fighting going on in certain parts of the country.
Fighting is likely to continue till a settlement of some kind is reached.
At the present moment, the prospects of a negotiated political settlement are not as evident as one would have hoped. But the Government has made it very clear that it remains open at all times to discuss with the LTTE and all other concerned parties, with a view to reaching a durable settlement of the problem. He emphasised that it has to be outside the framework of a separate state which is not a matter of negotiations at all as far as the Sri Lanka Government is concerned. Asked of the prospects for the holding of an International Conference on Terrorism in the immediate future, Minister Kadirgamar said, Sri Lanka would welcome such a move and would certainly be very closely involved in that. He noted that even at present Sri Lanka was a Vice-Chair of the Drafting Committee man of the UN Conventions on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing and on Nuclear terrorism, respectively.