US Cautions Patience, Cites Progress in Sri Lanka Reconciliation

U.S. officials said Tuesday it will take time for Sri Lanka to achieve reconciliation following the country's 26-year civil war, but that it has made positive steps in that direction. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera as part of a two-day visit. The trip is building on a visit in May by Secretary...

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