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Sri Lanka
Remarks and Other Releases
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 - 2005
 - 2004
 - 2003
 - 2002
  

Remarks and Other Releases

2008
--09/24/08  Briefing on Sri Lanka; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
--08/03/08  U.S.-Sri Lanka Relations; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka 
--07/03/08  U.S.-Sri Lanka Relations; Evan Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Interview with Shakuntala Perera, The Daily Mirror; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--02/17/08  Interview With Savitri Rodrigo for the Benchmark Business and Current Affairs Television Program; Robert Blake, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--01/03/08  Government of Sri Lanka’s Withdrawal from Ceasefire Agreement

2007
--10/22/07  Government of Sri Lanka’s Reaction to High Commissioner Arbour’s Visit
--10/04/07  Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns Meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama
--09/20/07  Remarks to Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--09/12/07  New Funding Announced: U.S. Contributes $24 Million for Relief of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Middle East and Sri Lanka
--08/01/07  Political Crises in South Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
--05/14/07  Israel, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka Join Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
--05/10/07  Press Conference; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel ; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--03/09/07  Sri Lanka: Development and Domestic Prosperity; Steven Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka

2006
--12/18/06  Additional United States Contributions to Support Assistance to Conflict Victims from Somalia and Sri Lanka
--08/11/06  Sri Lanka Co-Chairs Call For Immediate Cessation of Hostilities
--06/15/06  President's Nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Ambassador to Maldives; Robert O. Blake, Nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Ambassador to Maldives; Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--06/15/06  Terrorist Attack in Sri Lanka
--06/01/06  Press Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--06/01/06  Remarks to the American Chamber of Commerce Colombo, Sri Lanka ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--05/16/06  Interviews With MTV and Rupavahini TV of Sri Lanka; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--03/15/06  Internal Unrest in South Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--02/22/06  Sri Lanka: Talks in Geneva
--01/25/06  Sri Lanka - Agreement to Hold Peace Talks in February in Geneva
--01/23/06  Remarks Following Meeting With Norwegian Minister and Special Envoy Eric Solheim; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--01/23/06  Remarks to the Press in Sri Lanka; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Galle Face Hotel; Colombo, Sri Lanka

2005
--12/27/05  Encouraging Peace in Sri Lanka
--12/05/05  Sri Lanka - Violations of the Ceasefire Agreement
--11/18/05  Sri Lanka - Presidential Election
--08/16/05  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice At the Sri Lankan Embassy ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--08/12/05  Assassination of Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/27/05  Sri Lanka - Signing of Joint Mechanism on Tsunami Aid Distribution
--06/14/05  Meeting of Sri Lanka Donor Co-chairs Group
--05/13/05  Signing of Supplemental Spending Measure and Tsunami Relief; Jeffrey Lunstead, Ambassador to Sri Lanka; Press Conference at the American Center; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--04/19/05  Remarks at the American Center in Sri Lanka; Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asia; As Prepared for Delivery; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--01/07/05  Interview With CNN's John King; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Galle, Sri Lanka
--01/07/05  Remarks to the Press; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Colombo International Airport ; Colombo, Sri Lanka

2004
--12/30/04  Remarks Outside of Sri Lankan Embassy After Signing Condolence Book; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--12/29/04  President Discusses Support for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims; President George W. Bush; Prairie Chapel Ranch; Crawford, Texas
--11/19/04  The Peace Process in Sri Lanka
--10/01/04  The Peace Process in Sri Lanka
--09/08/04  Media Roundtable with Ambassador-At-Large Cofer Black; Cofer Black, Coordinator For Counterterrorism; American Center; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--08/19/04  Violence and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
--05/14/04  Statement Upon Arrival in Sri Lanka; Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--03/01/04  Killing in Sri Lanka Election Campaign
--02/17/04  Sri Lanka Donor Co-Chairs Call for Early Return to Peace Talks
--01/14/04  Private Donation of Mine Detecting Dogs for Sri Lanka
--01/14/04  Private Donation of Mine Detecting Dogs for Sri Lanka; Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs and Special Representative for Mine Action; Delegates Lounge, U.S. Department of State; Washington, DC

2003
--12/29/03  Sri Lanka: Deputy Secretary Armitage's Meeting With Minister for Economic Reform, Science, and Technology Milinda Moragoda
--11/05/03  President Bush Meets with Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
--10/24/03  President Bush to Welcome Sri Lankan Prime Minister
--10/02/03  Sri Lanka: Status of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
--08/06/03  Sri Lanka: Status of the Peace Process
--07/30/03  USTDA Awards Grant for Development of 300 MW Power Plant in Sri Lanka
--06/10/03  Interview by BBC World Service Radio and TV with Correspondent Quentin Sommerville; Ashley Wills, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka ; Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka; Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
--06/10/03  Remarks at Concluding Plenary Session Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Tokyo, Japan
--06/10/03  Tokyo Donor Conference
--06/09/03  Statement on Sri Lanka Peace Process; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Remarks at Tokyo Donors Conference for Sri Lanka; Tokyo, Japan
--05/23/03  Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage's Attendance at Tokyo Donors' Conference for Sri Lanka
--05/14/03  Remarks on Continuation of Sri Lankan Peace Negotiations; Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--04/14/03  Pre-Tokyo Sri Lanka Seminar - April 14, 2003
--04/14/03  Remarks at the Washington Seminar on Sri Lanka; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Opening Remarks at Loy Auditorium; Washington, DC
--04/11/03  International Seminar on Sri Lanka - April 14
--04/10/03  Meeting Between Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Milinda Moragoda
--04/10/03  Sri Lanka Pre-Donor Summit; Frederick W. Schieck, Deputy Administrator, USAID; Washington, DC
--03/24/03  Deputy Secretary Armitage Meeting With Sri Lankan Cabinet Ministers
--03/20/03  United States Relations with South Asia; Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee On Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--02/14/03  Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC

2002
--12/05/02  Sri Lanka: Third Round of Peace Talks
--11/05/02  Sri Lanka: Peace Talks (Taken Question)
--11/01/02  Sri Lanka: U.S. Demining Group Completes Operations
--09/20/02  Sri Lanka: Meeting Between Deputy Secretary Armitage and Economic Reform, Science and Technology Minister Moragoda
--09/05/02  Prospects for Peace in South Asia; Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; U.S. Institute for Peace; Washington, DC
--08/22/02  Statement upon arrival in Sri Lanka; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--07/10/02  Humanitarian Mine Action Subgroup Minutes of June 14, 2002 Meeting
--06/11/02  Open Skies Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and Sri Lanka
--04/17/02  Sri Lanka: Meeting between Secretary Armitage and Minister Peiris
--03/14/02  Sri Lanka: Peace Process
--02/22/02  Cease Fire in Sri Lanka
--02/01/02  Sec. Armitage Meeting With Sri Lankan Economic Reform Minister Moragoda

  
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