US security adviser pledges support to Sri Lanka for 'transition'

The US security adviser, Susan Rice pledged support to Sri Lanka's new government as a country currently in "in transition", reports Reuters.

"We’ll help countries in transition - like Burma, Tunisia, and Sri Lanka - become more open, more democratic, and more inclusive societies," Ms Rice said, during an address at the Brookings Institute this week, where she outlined the US' updated national security strategy.



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