Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Recently I had occasion to meet with Mr. Jose Ramos-Horta who is the spokesperson for the East Timorese. I was made aware in the course of the meeting of a letter sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs when he was on the opposition side. He called on the Conservative government to halt military exports and foreign aid to Indonesia in protest of the treatment of the leader of the East Timorese and the human rights violations in that country.
Will the Minister of Foreign Affairs tell the House whether he is prepared to live up to the commitments he made while he was in opposition? Will he declare an arms embargo and a halt to foreign aid to Indonesia until such time as the leader of the East Timorese is freed and human rights violations stop in that country? Is he prepared to work toward an international arms embargo against Indonesia until they smarten up in East Timor?