Speaking to the Island the Global Tamil Forum said it was not possible to comment on whether South Africa could be a facilitator in talks between the TNA-GTF and the Sri Lankan government.
GTF spokesperson Suren Surendiran said:
"Although fighting ended over four years ago, the government had failed to address any of the contentious issues. There haven’t been any sincere efforts to address the Tamil National Question in Sri Lanka for anyone to comment on whether RSA is acceptable as a facilitator".
He added,
"If I remember correctly, LTTE members had been involved in the ANC’s first general election campaign in 1994. The RSA also had the LTTE as part of the international election monitoring mission,"
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