Representatives of US Congress call on President

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A bipartisan group of representatives of the United States Congress visiting Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat.

Accordingly, Congressman Peter Roskam (Chair – Republican), Congressman David Price (Democrat), Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat) and Congressman Adrian Smith (Republican) met the President.

Their aim was to promote an ongoing partnership between the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) and the Sri Lankan Parliament while strengthening democratic institutions and deepening bilateral relations.

President Sirisena, expressing his satisfaction over the strength of the bilateral relations between the two countries, said that that the Government of Sri Lanka was totally committed to further strengthening relations, especially in economic and investment spheres.

During the call, the leader of the HDP Group Congressman Roskam expressed his admiration on behalf of the US House of Representatives for the transformative process that the President has led after his election two years ago. He said that measures taken for reconciliation, the development of the country, good governance and citizen rights were laudable. He said that the US would stand by Sri Lanka in its challenging journey towards economic development.

The delegation was accompanied by US Ambassador Atul Keshap and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US Prasad Kariyawasam.