Sri Lanka, June 23 -- Dr. Paul Kapur, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, who is currently visiting Sri Lanka, met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (22).

During the meeting, the two sides recalled the 77 years of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the United States and noted that the relationship has evolved into a strong and multifaceted partnership spanning trade, defence, investment, tourism and people-to-people ties.

Expressing satisfaction with the existing bilateral co-operation, Assistant Secretary Kapur reaffirmed the United States' commitment to maintaining and further strengthening this co-operation.

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