US praised the new Sri Lankan Government and are looking forward to work with the newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena.
“Our expectations from the new government are the expectations of the Sri Lankan people. We simply want to support the new government in fulfilling its campaign pledges to the Sri Lankan people,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal said.
US appreciated the steps that Lanka have taken in these early days. “We welcome the very resilient and robust verdict on democracy in Sri Lanka,” she told media.
This was a very peaceful transition and the new government has come in and has already started implementing many of the promises that they made in their campaign.
Sri Lankan voters ousted two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 8 from power and elected his one-time ally Sirisena, who defected to the Opposition camp on the eve of announcement of the elections.