SLMC Chairman and Deputy Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade, Basheer Segu Dawood told ColomboPage that the party's High Command would discuss the matter once party leader Rauf Hakeem returns to the country from an overseas trip today.
Segu Dawood said the international community also needed to recognize the Muslim community and include them in the whole process of finding a political solution as the Muslims have also been affected by the war.
He said the party was displeased with US Assistant Secretary Robert Blake for not meeting with any Muslim political leaders during his recent visit that was aimed at discussing a solution to the ethnic issue.
Segu Dawood observed that the SLMC would agitate for the inclusion of the Muslim community in the process to find a political solution.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed setting up of a parliamentary select committee to discuss and bring a political solution to the ethnic issue. He says a solution should not be confined to discussions with one party.
Blake, during his three-day visit to Sri Lanka met with the representatives of the major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the major opposition United National Party (UNP).
The discussion between the government and the TNA on a political solution stalled a few months back but following separate meetings held between the government and the TNA with the US Assistant Secretary of State, the talks are to recommence soon.
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