CIVIL WAR LEGACY MUST HAVE SOME POSITIVE EFFECTS - DONALD LU 'AT HYDE PARK WITH INDEEWARI AMUWATTE'

On this episode of 'At HydePark with Indeewari Amuwatte', the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu who embarked on a two-dat high-profile visit in Sri Lanka spoke exclusively on US-Sri Lanka relations.

He commended the progress of the current debt restructuring process in Sri Lanka and expressed the United States’ readiness to be a development partner and to provide financial advice in the process ahead.
Assistant Secretary Lu also said the United States encourages Sri Lanka to continue to strengthen bilateral relations and that Sri Lanka must provide equal opportunity for external parties to invest in the island in order to maintain healthy competition.

When questioned about perceived American intervention in internal affairs of nations in the South Asian region, the U.S. Assistant Secretary said that the USA, as a country that doesn’t have any territorial rights, only strives for the improvement of the sovereignty and democracy of the nations in the region.

Meanwhile, Lu stressed that it is important for Sri Lanka to have a functional truth and reconciliation program in place and that it is expected from the leaders emerging from the upcoming elections to make it a reality.



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