(UTV|COLOMBO) – The United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka Atul Keshap met with senior Sri Lankan officials to convey the assurance of the United States Government that the US will remain fully engaged with the Sri Lankan Government to help it meet its continuing and standing commitments to the international community to advance the cause of reconciliation and lasting peace for all Sri Lankans despite the US withdrawing from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.
Today @USAmbKeshap discussed US withdrawal from #UNHRC w/ senior #SriLanka officials assuring them the US will remain fully engaged helping SL meet its continuing & standing commitments to the international community to advance reconciliation & lasting peace for all Sri Lankans. pic.twitter.com/tdxO9MYKDx
— U.S. Embassy Colombo (@USEmbSL) June 20, 2018
The US Embassy in Colombo said that Sri Lanka co-sponsored with the United States two UN Human Rights Commission Resolutions: 30/1 in 2015 and Resolution 34/1 in 2017, and the United States continues to extend its support to Sri Lanka to fulfil these important commitments and obligations as articulated and reaffirmed in these resolutions.
The Embassy said that Sri Lanka’s continued progress toward fulfillment of these international commitments will facilitate further growth of our bilateral relations and enhance Sri Lanka’s ability to engage with friends and partners around the world.
“We will follow Sri Lanka’s progress closely and look ahead to engaging with Sri Lanka between now and March 2019 in the spirit of friendship that has marked our recent relations. As Sri Lanka takes further steps outlined in the Geneva resolution, the United States will also support and expand our bilateral partnership,” the US Embassy in Colombo said.
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