US top official to arrive in Sri Lanka next week

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper is due to visit Sri Lanka next week.

Issuing a statement the US State Department said the Assistant Secretary is expected to visit Sri Lanka, Singapore and India from the May 29-June 7.

Assistant Secretary Cooper is scheduled to meet with government officials and think tank experts to discuss security, peacekeeping, clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance, counterterrorism, and other areas of mutual interest during his visit to Sri Lanka.