{"id":89014,"date":"2019-05-18T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T22:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=89014"},"modified":"2019-05-18T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T22:33:11","slug":"us-offers-support-for-sri-lankas-counter-terrorism-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/05\/18\/us-offers-support-for-sri-lankas-counter-terrorism-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"US offers support for Sri Lanka\u2019s counter-terrorism efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Ada Derana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The United States has offered to continue to expand counter-terrorism\n and maritime and border security cooperation with Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issuing a joint statement with the government of Sri Lanka on the \noccasion of the third US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue held on Thursday\n (16), the United States reiterated President Trump\u2019s statement that \nAmerica stands with Sri Lanka against terrorism and supports Sri Lanka\u2019s\n counter-terrorism efforts following the horrific Easter Sunday \nterrorist attacks of April 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue was co-chaired by Minister of \nForeign Affairs of Sri Lanka Tilak Marapana and U.S. Under-Secretary of \nState for Political Affairs David Hale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States and Sri Lanka resolved to work together to foster \npeace and security and ensure a safe maritime domain in the Indian and \nPacific Oceans through a rules-based order that ensures respect for \ninternational laws and norms,\u201d the joint statement further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States and Sri Lanka have welcomed ongoing bilateral \nsecurity sector cooperation, including U.S. support for demining, joint \nmilitary engagements, Sri Lanka\u2019s peacekeeping operations, human rights \ntraining for Sri Lankan officers, and visits by U.S. ships and military \nofficials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States government has also welcomed Sri Lanka\u2019s renewed \ncommitment to promoting reconciliation, accountability, justice, and \nhuman rights in pursuit of lasting peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States and Sri Lanka had expressed support for strong \neconomic partnership and growing bilateral trade based on the principles\n of fairness and reciprocity. The two governments have further welcomed \nthe approval of a USD 480 million compact by the Millennium Challenge \nCorporation Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said that the two governments emphasized the importance\n of their bilateral relationship and expressed commitment to further \nstrengthen the US-Sri Lanka partnership for mutual benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Ada Derana The United States has offered to continue to expand counter-terrorism and maritime and border security cooperation with Sri Lanka. Issuing a joint statement with the government of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the third US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue held on Thursday (16), the United States reiterated President Trump\u2019s statement that America [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}