US House of Representatives to be briefed on changes in Sri Lanka

06 Jun, 2016

The United States House of Representatives will be?briefed this week on the changes taking place in Sri Lanka since January last year.

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the?House of Representatives will be briefed on Thursday on the topic “Sri Lanka?s Democratic Transition: A New Era for the US-Sri Lanka Relationship”.

The briefing will be done by?Ms. Lisa Curtis,?Senior Research Fellow at the?Asian Studies Center at the?Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy of the?The Heritage Foundation and by?Ms. Kara L. Bue,?Founding Partner at?Armitage International.

Armitage International was formed in March 2005 by Richard L. Armitage, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.

He was in Sri Lanka recently where he met the Government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). (Colombo Gazette)

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