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Foreign Minister Ali Sabry had a productive meeting with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington DC. Foreign Affairs Minister paid an official visit to Washington DC from November 30 to December 2, 2022, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

A communiqué was issued in this regard by the foreign affairs ministry.

Accordingly, the matters taken up at the discussion are as follows:

In addition to the meeting with Secretary Blinken, the Embassy of Sri Lanka to the U.S. facilitated further interactions during the visit which included meetings with key U.S. interlocutors including political leaders from both the House of Representatives and the Senate representing both major parties and high officials of the State Department.

Minister Ali Sabry met with a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Bill Hagerty, (Republican – Tennessee). He had talks with members of Congress Rep. Bill Johnson (Republican – Ohio), Co-Chair of the Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat – Illinois) who has shown an interest in Sri Lanka.

The Minister also had a meeting with Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power and expressed his appreciation of USAID for their generous support to Sri Lanka.

He met with Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Ambassador Uzra Zeya, who was accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the Department of State Afreen Akhter.

The Ambassador of Sri Lanka in United States Mahinda Samarasinghe along with diplomatic officers of the Embassy of Sri Lanka and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also associated with the Foreign Minister at the meetings.

 


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  • Sirawata Patta Sunday, 04 December 2022 08:44 AM

    Protector of the murderer, US knows, SL media nothing changed.

    Jude Sunday, 04 December 2022 08:58 AM

    Talk talk Maan, Yankees are very good listeners !! Yeah!! They entertain monkeys from Asia all the time!! Don't get carried away!! Yeah,!!

    Jude Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:05 AM

    They are all productive meetings, but come up empty!! Just enjoying holiday in Yankee Land at the expense of public dime!!

    Sriyawathi Jayakody Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:06 AM

    Sabry hinga kanawa. You must be ashamed you partnered with Rajapakses to bring SL to a low level. If the Finance Ministry doesn't keep a record of outgoings Sabry will face World bank justice rule. The Sri Lankans will never get Rajapakses or their henchaiyas to rule this island. They have to return the gems robbed from Ruwanveli maha seya. What happened to Gnana akka.

    Robin Banks Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:08 AM

    The news that Apple is leaving China and countries like Vietnam, and Bangladesh will be scrambling to put forward extremely tempting offers to Apple to move operations to their respective countries. Meanwhile, the idiots in our government have no foresight and lack the basic skills to even think about such things as they spend their waking hours planning on robbing the country. This is why Sri Lanka keeps spiraling down the poverty slide while our competitors make great strides toward prosperity. Such countries must love idiots like the Rajapaksas and Ranil.

    Kikazaru Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:14 AM

    We all know his earlier visit to the IMF where the man claimed we will get a rapid something of US $ 3 billion by the end of that month. I hope this time he was at least able to get the US Treasury (which he praised) to at least pay for his airfare and expenses.

    Seqi Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:46 AM

    Blinken and the Foreign minister are birds of a feather..... the Dodo

    ANTON Sunday, 04 December 2022 09:53 AM

    MUST BE ANOTHER TAX RISE.

    Prasad Sunday, 04 December 2022 10:05 AM

    he has been productive? its a wow factor

    Gama Rala Sunday, 04 December 2022 10:23 AM

    The amazing thing is that Secretary Blinken agreed to meet Sabry. Are you sure Bliken did not send his driver to the meeting?

    Anura Jayantha Sunday, 04 December 2022 10:27 AM

    People who are disapproved by the Sri Lankans are making decisions and saying yes to the world..the people who bare the consequences have no say in these..do we really believe JVP can be any different?

    Roger fonseka Sunday, 04 December 2022 11:15 AM

    The way he's shaking his head up and down looking clueless is humiliating. His body language shows that he has absolutely no clue what he's doing there lol

    Punchi Sunday, 04 December 2022 11:16 AM

    Raja Krishnamoorthi and Kamala Harris my god demilos bad news for the future of our Fictional 2500 year old Buddhist hegemony in our failed paradise

    Lake Sunday, 04 December 2022 12:08 PM

    For America this small island of Sri Lanka doesn't have that much geophysical interest ..I don't think they will spend much time and energy for Sri Lanka...yet we need them more than they need us .. So do some diplomacy with them....but don't anger china with this ..

    Gayantha Hemachandra Sunday, 04 December 2022 03:17 PM

    Mr Secretary of State Blinken , please be careful with your wallet whenever you hold one to one discussions and press briefings with Sri Lankan Politicians because they will pickpocket and steal your wallet and I bet, you will never know what has happened to your wallet and money…. You know Mr Secretary, our politicians have robbed our country and our people and they still don’t know that they have been robbed by them… Please be careful, Sir..


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