US seeks to strengthen partnership with Sri Lanka

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country seeks to strengthen partnership with democratic, peaceful, prosperous and fully sovereign Sri Lanka.

Addressing a joint press conference, he said the Sri Lankan garment factories undertook hundreds of orders to supply high-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPP) to the United States.

He said the U.S. provided over US $ 600 million in assistance to fight COVID-19 which he said came from Wuhan, China.

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