US President Joe Biden says he appears to be forward to strengthening and deepening the cordial bilateral relations with Sri Lanka even further.
He made this remark in a warmly worded letter of felicitation, which conveyed his best must his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe and the oldsters of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the seventy fifth Anniversary of Sri Lankan Independence.
The US President moreover talked about that he hopes to proceed to advance the shared values and imaginative and prescient for a peaceful, prosperous and protected future for the oldsters of the two worldwide areas.
He recognized that this milestone independence anniversary coincides with the 75 years of diplomatic relations between the US and Sri Lanka.
President Biden acknowledged that this longstanding partnership has helped to advance peace and prosperity all through the world and globally.
He recalled that every nations – all via their shared historic previous – “have tackled formidable worldwide challenges, along with the combatting of native climate change, addressing the scourge of human trafficking and sustaining a protected, free and open Indo-Pacific”.
President Biden recognized that bilateral commerce and monetary ties have been strengthened and deepened, and that Sri Lanka and the U.S., as democracies, have on a regular basis been stronger when standing collectively, whereas being united in a shared dedication to freedom, different and equality.
The communication from President Biden was handed over to President Wickremesinghe by the US Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland when she known as on President Wickremesinghe on Wednesday (Feb. 01) on the Presidential Secretariat.
Within the meantime, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung moreover extended wants for the seventy fifth Independence anniversary. “May this yr be the start of 1 different 75 years of people, progress and partnership between our two nations,” she talked about in a tweet.
