Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton With Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris After their Meeting

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2010.

SECRETARY CLINTON:I am delighted to welcome Dr. Peiris here to the State Department. I first met him 15 years ago when I was in Colombo, Sri Lanka. And it is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to discuss Sri Lanka’s efforts to rebuild after more than two decades of violence and terrorist activity that have deprived the Sri Lankan people of the progress they deserve. Dr. Peiris is a…