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US discusses ‘good governance’ in meeting with Gotabaya

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka called on the new president and accused war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa this week, where they discussed  “a US partnership [with] a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Sri Lanka”.

In their first official meeting, US Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz tweeted that they were charting a partnership based on “good governance that spurs economic growth and protects the rights of all”.

Rajapaksa tweeted he “had a fruitful discussion on bilateral relations”.

The meeting comes after US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo highlighted Sri Lanka’s commitments to “security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence of violence” in a statement marking Rajapaksa’s assumption as president.

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