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Ambassador Chung’s Remarks at World Water Day Event

March 22, 2023 Honorable Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena; Honorable Jeevan Thondaman, Minister of Water Supply & Estate Infrastructure Development; Dr. Thanuja Ariyananda, Executive Director of the Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum; Board Members of Lanka Rainwater; Ladies and Gentlemen; Good afternoon! I am delighted to join you to celebrate World Water Day. It seems a little ironic ...

By U.S. Embassy Colombo | 23 March, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches

Ambassador Chung Announces New USDA Food Aid – Visits Guruaragama School to Highlight U.S. Partnership in School Feeding Program

Colombo, March 20, 2023: Ambassador Julie Chung announced today the recent arrival of 770 metric tons (MT) of fortified rice and 100 MT of fortified vegetable oil through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) “McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program.” Since 2021, USDA food aid has provided protein supplements using yellow split ...

By U.S. Embassy Colombo | 20 March, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases

Ambassador Chung’s Remarks at the USAID-Supported Fertilizer Handover Ceremony

Sunday, March 19, 2023 Colombo Commercial Fertilizer (Ltd) Warehouse, Hunupitiya, Wattala Minister of Agriculture, Honorable Mahinda Amaraweera; Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Gunadasa Samarasinghe; FAO Country Director, Vimlendra Sharan; and Distinguished guests, farmers, members of the media, ladies, and gentlemen. Today we witness another chapter in the long partnership between Sri Lanka and the United ...

By U.S. Embassy Colombo | 19 March, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, U.S. & Sri Lanka, U.S. Agencies

United States Government-Funded 36,000 MT of TSP Fertilizer Arrives in Sri Lanka: Paddy Farmers to Receive TSP in Time for Yala Cultivation

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 19 March 2023 More than a million Sri Lankan paddy farmers in all 25 districts will get vital assistance through a shipment of over 36,000 metric tons of fertilizer handed over today by the United States to the Ministry of Agriculture. The shipment of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) was funded by the ...

By U.S. Embassy Colombo | 19 March, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Sri Lanka, U.S. Agencies

Ambassador Chung’s Remarks at the Uber Sri Lanka Electric Bicycle Fleet Launch Event

March 16, 2023 Minister Wijesekera, Uber Regional Director Orgill, AmCham board members, and friends. Good evening. I am very excited to be here tonight as Uber, a great American company from my home state of California, launches its investment in electric vehicles here in Sri Lanka. This year is the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations ...

By U.S. Embassy Colombo | 17 March, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches

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