Fifth US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue today

The fifth US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue scheduled to be held at the US Department of State on 12 July. 

Sri Lanka will be represented by Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane.

The fifth US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue will be Co-Chaired by Wijewardane and the US Department of State Political Affairs acting under Secretary John Bass.

Discussions in the Partnership Dialogue will focus on multifaceted aspects of the US-Sri Lanka bilateral relations, including economic, defence, and security cooperation; democracy, reconciliation, and human rights; climate change, science and technology cooperation; education and cultural cooperation, and people-to-people contacts.

Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States Mahinda Samarasinghe and officials from the Embassy of Sri Lanka and the Foreign Affairs Ministry will also attend the Partnership Dialogue.