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.
