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Top US official to push Sri Lanka on transitional justice and accountability
08 Oct, 2018
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells?is to urge Sri Lanka to continue progress on constitutional reform, human rights, reconciliation, and transitional justice and accountability.
Wells?will travel to Mal?, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka from October 9-11.
Ambassador Wells will reiterate the strong U.S. commitment to US partnerships with Sri Lanka and Maldives and our shared interests in a prosperous and open Indo-Pacific region, the US State Department said.
In Mal?, Ambassador Wells will meet with current Maldivian government officials, the President-Elect, and civil society leaders.
She will offer congratulations on the country?s successful national elections and convey U.S. interest in expanding bilateral cooperation.
In Colombo, she will meet with Sri Lankan officials and will emphasize on the importance of the U.S.-Sri Lanka relationship to shared Indo-Pacific goals, with the growing bilateral defense relationship as an area of particular promise.
She will also urge continued progress on constitutional reform, human rights, reconciliation, and transitional justice and accountability. (Colombo Gazette)
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