Tamil representatives meet Australian foreign minister at Parliament House
Friday, 27 March 2015
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) 
Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran and representatives from Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) met Foreign Minister Hon. Julie Bishop and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials (DFAT) at the Parliament House on Thursday, March 26.
Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran and representatives from Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) met Foreign Minister Hon. Julie Bishop and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials (DFAT) at the Parliament House on Thursday, March 26.
Following that, the Tamil representatives addressed a Forum attended by Parliamentarians from all major parties, including by the Minister for immigration and Multicultural Affairs Hon. Peter Dutton. Later in the day, they had meetings with Shadow Foreign Minister Hon. Tania Plibersek and the leader of Australian Greens Hon. Senator Christine Milne. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop acknowledged the significance of the meeting by tweeting “Good meeting with Tamil National Alliance MP Mr. Sumanthiran and Tamil Diaspora representatives on recent developments in Sri Lanka and support for reconciliation.”
(https://twitter.com/JulieBishopMP/status/580941420577435648?s=17) MP Sumanthiran also signed the condolence book for Former Prime Minister Late Malcolm Fraser in the Parliament House.
