Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has held a discussion with Mahinda Samarasinghe, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, regarding the Russian invasion against Ukraine and stressed that the international community should stand together against Russia’s ‘unprovoked and premeditated’ violence against Ukraine.
USAID Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif in a statement yesterday (02) stated that Ambassador Power praised Sri Lanka’s efforts to grant free visa extensions, as well as free meals and accommodation to the Ukrainian tourists stranded in the island amidst the ongoing violence in their homeland.
Today, Administrator Samantha Power spoke with Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Mahinda Samarasinghe. The Administrator stressed the urgency of the international community standing together against Russia’s unprovoked and premeditated violence against Ukraine. Ambassador Power praised Sri Lanka’s decision to grant free visa extensions, as well as free meals and accomodation, to some 4,000 Ukrainian tourists and other Ukrainian visitors stranded in Sri Lanka because of the Russian invasion. They agreed that the show of global solidarity with the Ukrainian people had been overwhelming.
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