Basil meets US Ambassador

March 3, 2022 at 4:34 PM

The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung met Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa today to discuss the economic challenges faced by Sri Lanka. 

In a Twitter message, Julie Chung said the discussion also focussed on ways for the US and Sri Lanka to cooperate to solve the economic issues. 

“We all want a Sri Lanka economy that is prosperous, innovative, inclusive, and connected to its neighbors,” she said. 

The US Ambassador further highlighted that that was why the US has contributed US$17.9M to Sri Lanka’s post-COVID economic recovery.

“Met @RealBRajapaksa to discuss today’s economic challenges, and how we can cooperate to solve them. We all want a 🇱🇰 economy that is prosperous, #innovative, #inclusive & #connected to its neighbors – that’s why 🇺🇸 has contributed $17.9M to 🇱🇰’s post-COVID economic recovery,” Julie Chung tweeted. (NewsWire)