US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to visit Sri Lanka next week, reports the Sunday Times.
Mr Kerry is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on Saturday for a 24 hour visit, where he will meet Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as hold a media conference after talks with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
The Secretary of State is not expected to travel to the North-East.
However it is reported that he will visit a Buddhist temple in Colombo to inaugurate a Vesak pandal and lay the foundation stone for the construction of the new US Embassy on the island.
A Sri Lankan government minister claimed this week that Mr Kerry was “amazed” to see what the government had achieved since coming into power earlier this year.
See our earlier reports:
John Kerry to visit Sri Lanka in May - reports (11 Apr 2015)
US president could not do what Sirisena has done, claims Sri Lankan minister (25 Apr 2015)
Also see:
Mr Kerry is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on Saturday for a 24 hour visit, where he will meet Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as hold a media conference after talks with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
The Secretary of State is not expected to travel to the North-East.
However it is reported that he will visit a Buddhist temple in Colombo to inaugurate a Vesak pandal and lay the foundation stone for the construction of the new US Embassy on the island.
A Sri Lankan government minister claimed this week that Mr Kerry was “amazed” to see what the government had achieved since coming into power earlier this year.
See our earlier reports:
John Kerry to visit Sri Lanka in May - reports (11 Apr 2015)
US president could not do what Sirisena has done, claims Sri Lankan minister (25 Apr 2015)
Also see:
Accountability required to achieve reconciliation and peace in Sri Lanka - US official (03 April 2015)
Difficult road on accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka says Biswal (26
March 2015)
Focus is on ‘accountability and reconciliation’ in Sri Lanka says US (14
February 2015)
US calls for ‘greater accountability’ in Sri Lanka (13 February 2015)