US Ambassador Eric Meyer arrives in Sri Lanka, presents credentials

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with US Ambassador Eric Meyer (seconds from left)

US Ambassador Eric Meyer yesterday presented his credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, marking the formal commencement of his ambassadorial tenure.

Following the ceremony, Ambassador Meyer said: “It was an honour to present my credentials to President Dissanayake. The United States is proud to call Sri Lanka a friend in a partnership that has spanned more than 78 years.

I look forward to further strengthening the US-Sri Lanka relationship and unlocking new economic opportunities, deepening our security cooperation, and advancing a free, secure, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.”

Meyer arrived in Colombo on the evening of 22 August, to assume his duties as the 29th United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Prior to his assignment in Sri Lanka, he served as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., at the US Mission to Norway and, before that, as Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State.