US envoy and top official discuss SL’s progress with civil society reps & think tanks

US Ambassador Julie Chung and the US National Security Council’s Senior Director for South Asia, Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher met with two focus groups Thursday (12 Jan.), discussing both, Sri Lanka’s economy and progress with regard to human rights.

In a meeting with representatives of Sri Lanka’s civil society, the Ambassador and the visiting official had discussed the measures taken thus far with regard to advancing a Sri Lanka in which the rights of all are valued.