The Sri Lankan embassy in the Washington DC, has hired the lobbying firm Majority Group to 'lobby the US government to change its attitude towards Sri Lanka', reports the SundayTimes.lk. Ambassador Wickremesuriya made the agreement on behalf of the Sri Lankan government for US $50,000 a month.
Last week the SundayTimes.lk reported that Sri Lanka's Central Bank hired the US lobby firm, Thompson Advisory Group LLC for US $ 66,600 a month.
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