No US visa for Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya

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Retired Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya, has reportedly not been granted a visa to visit the United States although his wife had been granted one in May this year.

The visa applications had been sent to the US Embassy in May and the duo was scheduled to leave the country on a private visit on June 30, the Daily Mirror learns. However, the passport of the former CDS was still at the embassy and had not been returned as yet.

Lt. Gen Jagath Jayasuriya took over as Commander of the Army after the end of the civil conflict and was thereafter appointed Chief of Defense Staff. He retired from the position a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, when contacted by Daily Mirror on the matter, a spokesman for the US Embassy in Colombo said that as a matter of policy, they cannot comment on individual cases. “That’s all we have to say at this moment,” he said.

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Lal Saturday, 04 July 2015 11:33 AM

They all want to travel to the U.S. For personal reasons.

Abaa Saturday, 04 July 2015 11:50 AM

Why to US. Seychelles good. Uganda also good

kaputa Saturday, 04 July 2015 04:50 PM

China, Libya and Unganda are also good

ari Saturday, 04 July 2015 06:25 PM

We should honor the services rendered by our heroic armed forces by not ridiculing them.

kamalhot1 Monday, 06 July 2015 08:15 AM

All these are due to poor handling of diplomatic relationships in previous regime. We feel sorry about our great heroes. Will correct these and give the proper respect to you all in the society soon.

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