US Senator Chris Van Hollen calls on President Ranil Wickremesinghe

The visiting US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Kandy yesterday.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayaka also joined the discussion held at the President’s House in Kandy.

The Senator arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday as part of a three-nation (Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives) tour and will focus on ways the US can further assist efforts to overcome Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and discuss the way forward on human rights and reconciliation.

Senator Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, is to hold discussions with key Government officials, civil society organisations, industry leaders, etc.