Senior US officials have arrived in Sri Lanka for talks with government officials and civil society leaders on issues including reconciliation and justice, announced the US State Department.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
A State Department press release said talks would focus on “US-Sri Lanka cooperation to further economic growth, strengthen good governance and democratic institutions, and promote reconciliation and justice”.
Assistant Secretary Malinowski will continue with meetings in Sri Lanka until August 27, added the press release.
The visit comes as Sri Lankan media reported Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena is to receive a copy of a United Nations report into mass atrocities committed during the final stages of the armed conflict, which saw tens of thousands of Tamil civilians killed, timed to coincide with the visit.
See our earlier posts:
Sri Lankan president to receive OISL report this week (24 Aug 2015)
Senior US official to visit Sri Lanka next week (22 Aug 2015)