The UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Mr Feltman is undertaking a three day visit of the island where he is expected to meet with the president and prime minister, as well as civil society groups.
He arrives as Sri Lanka continues to be in a state of emergency following anti-Muslim violence by Sinhala mobs in Kandy this week.
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