AAP – CHOGM to address Sri Lanka refugee issue
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will sound out his Commonwealth counterparts on ways to help stem the flow of refugees from Sri Lanka.
Mr Smith is travelling to Trinidad and Tobago for a meeting of foreign ministers beginning on Tuesday that will prepare the ground for this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain.
Along with climate change and the global economy, the refugee issue is on CHOGM’s agenda on the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth.
Mr Smith earlier this month signed a memorandum of understanding with fellow Commonwealth member Sri Lanka as part of efforts to clamp down on people smuggling from the troubled island nation. More
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