Can Sri Lanka Counter International Pressure?
By Austin Fernando-Sunday, January 12, 2014
The US officials are here for serious business … notwithstanding street protests here
There are two senior US officials who visit Sri Lanka at present. They are Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large of the Office of Global Criminal Justice, and the Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Desai Biswal, successor to Bob Blake.
Since, due to its military, financial and international might and influence on multilateral organizations, the US could influence international thinking and responses, these visits cannot be considered simple or non-binding; they are here for serious business (notwithstanding street protests ) and their visit is evidence of international interest at intervention in our crisis.
