The US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Nisha Biswal is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on an official visit on Tuesday.
Ms Biswal will meet Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera , before meeting the newly elected Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. President Maithripala Sirisena will also meet the US official, The Sunday Times reported.
On Friday, the new US ambassador to Sri Lanka, Atul Keshap, presented his credentials to the president.
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