Two delegations of US Congress Members are to visit Sri Lanka this year and the next following a pledge given by the Sri Lankan government to support USA’s Asia Pacific Programme, the United National Party (UNP) charged today

UNP National List MP Dr. Harsha De Silva told a news conference that Sri Lankan Ambassador in USA Jaliya Wickramasekera on behalf of the Sri Lankan government had informed the US government that it would support the Asia Pacific programme.

The MP said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka had signed an agreement with US public relations firm Thompson Advisory Group on March 25 this year and after a pledge has been given by the Sri Lankan Ambassador in USA to implement a relationship building programme between the Sri Lankan and the US government.

Accordingly, the Thompson Advisory Group is to organise a visit of a delegation of US Congress Members before September 15 this year and also to organize a second visit of the US congress delegation before March 2014.*(By Yohan Perera and Lahiru Pothmula)

Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)