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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11215325" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZsooBaTCnwDq0doqAg8SYF7EqCGLWCpkV9vGsbOqn3tKx0-2PNQ" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2AG71orbQ_wfyRA7JsvhpsyoVKi1Is-j2XKIcl73P_6iaMW6o" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Australian Prime Minister Julia  Gillard will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday night to discuss  claims of human rights abuses in the country.Ms Gillard and Sri  Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa are in Perth for the Commonwealth  Heads Of Government meeting (CHOGM), but Mr Rajapaksa has been  surrounded by controversy since his arrival in Australia.On  Tuesday, a court action was filed by a Sri Lankan-born Australian man in  Melbourne, accusing Mr Rajapaksa of war crimes, but federal  Attorney-General Robert McClelland did not allow it to proceed.Ms  Gillard has previously said the Australian government is concerned  about war crimes claims, but she has refused to comment further on the  matter."Clearly, the courteous thing for me to do is to have the  discussion with him first rather than publicly canvas matters which may  be raised in that discussion before I have it," she told reporters in  Perth on Wednesday."But I have been clear about Australia's  position in relation to allegations of human rights abuse in Sri Lanka.  We believe that this is a serious question."Ms Gillard said there were no plans to boycott the next CHOGM in 2013, which will be hosted by Sri Lanka.AAP</blockquote>

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