The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka said that Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to address human rights issues on the island and looks forward to working with him to “support this cause”.
In a statement by embassy spokesperson Joshua Shen, in the wake of a US State Department report highlighting “major human rights problems” on the island, Mr Shen said the Sri Lankan president has “promised to address human rights issues, establish good governance and the rule of law”.
“We are looking forward to working with President Sirisena and this government to support this cause,” he said, adding “the United States continues to engage regularly with the Sri Lankan government and civil society representatives to address long standing issues related to reconciliation, democratic governance, justice and accountability”.
See our earlier post:
Sri Lanka saw "major human rights problems" in 2014 - US Human Rights report (25 Jun 2015)
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