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US Embassy dismisses local media reports, notes respect for SL's sovereignty

08 Jun 2021

Recent media reports that claim several members of a US Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) including retired military personnel entering Sri Lanka on tourist visas were dismissed by the US Embassy in Colombo as false. “These unsourced stories have been written with no regard for facts or fact checking. They suggest that Sri Lankan authorities are unaware of who is arriving in the country via the international airports, which as we all know, is not the case,” Spokesperson of the US Embassy in Colombo, Nancy Van Horn clarified today (08). Van Horn also stated that these reports are not a reflection of the Embassy’s experience in working with the Sri Lankan government and non-governmental organizations on projects and programmes which benefit both nations, while respecting Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.


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