Srilanka, June 23 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Dr. Paul Kapur, at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (22).
The two sides reflected on 77 years of Sri Lanka-US relations, noting how the partnership has grown to cover trade, defence, investment, tourism and people-to-people connections. Kapur said he was pleased with the existing cooperation and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to deepening it further.
The conversation also touched on the Middle East, with both leaders agreeing that recent developments seem to be heading in a positive direction. They voiced optimism that the peace agreement signed on June 19 would help steer the re...