Nisha Biswal here purely on a private visit

21 Dec, 2015

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal is in Sri Lanka purely on a private visit.

The US Embassy in Colombo denied reports she was here with a message from the US President or was here to have?talks with the Sri Lankan Government.

Biswal had already visited Sri Lanka at least twice this year after the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

The opposition last week?questioned the keen interest the United States is having on Sri Lanka with several top US officials already having visited the country this year. (Colombo Gazette)

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