Sri Lanka’s new government should “work quickly to identify and implement solutions that will bring about long-term economic stability and assuage popular discontent,” a State Department spokesman said in Bangkok, where the US top diplomat is visiting. Anthony Blinken.
The United States on Sunday urged Sri Lanka’s new leaders-to-be to act “quickly” to restore economic stability and quell popular discontent, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation and left his residence, which was stormed by protesters. .
Sri Lanka’s new government should “work quickly to identify and implement solutions that will bring about long-term economic stability and assuage popular discontent,” a State Department spokesman said in Bangkok, where the US top diplomat is visiting. Anthony Blinken.
Washington warned supporters of the government in Sri Lanka not to attack protesters or journalists, but also criticized the violence that erupted on Saturday when protesters stormed the presidential residence.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has had a strained relationship with the United States over accusations of war crimes during Sri Lanka’s bloody decades-long civil war and his close economic ties to China.
In recent weeks, the United States and China have offered to support the island nation, which is facing unprecedented fuel and food shortages.
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