The president of the United States would not be able to fulfil the large number of pledges that Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has done, claimed a Sri Lanka government minister on Friday.
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Rajitha Senaratne made the claim as Mr Sirisena marked his first 100 days in government this week.
Mr Senaratne praised the Sri Lankan president, stating that US Secretary of State John Kerry was “amazed” to see what Mr Sirisena had achieved in government.
“Mr Kerry expressed these views after meeting our foreign minister a few weeks ago,” claimed the minister.
“When he (Kerry) requested a work report from their embassy in Sri Lanka, he had expected a single page report but was astonished to receive a three page report,” he said.
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