Colombo (Xinhua): The Sri Lankan government needs help not condemnation as it grapples with the current military conflict, a British parliamentarian said here on Saturday.

Liam Fox, a legislator from Britain's main opposition Conservative Party told reporters that a special fund with the help of international partners must be set up to help the Sri Lankan government in handling the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the war ravaged areas in the Northern and Eastern provinces.

He advocates a political solution with the participation of all Tamil minority political parties.

In 1997 as a minister of the then British government, Mr. Fox brokered a bi-partisan agreement with Sri Lanka's main political parties as means to end the Tamil minority conflict in the island.

Mr. Fox's remarks came after his meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday.