Sri Lanka can be proud of its progress in resettlement, US says

Sri Lanka has overcome enormous challenges faced at the end of the war and the government can be proud of its progress in resettlement, the United States said today.

Speaking at a function to hand over a food aid donation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Ambassador in Colombo Ms. Patricia Butenis said that the country has every right to be proud of its efforts.

"None of us can forget the enormous challenges that Sri Lanka faced at the end of the war and how far the country has come since then in meeting these overwhelming physical needs. The Sri Lankan government has every right to be proud of its progress in resettlement and we are also proud to have contributed to this massive effort," Ms. Butenis has said.

The Ambassador symbolically handed over the US$ 5.5 million of food aid from the USAID for the conflict-affected people in the North to the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa in Colombo today.

Adnan Khan, Country Representative of the World Food Program was also present at the event.