US Assistant Sec for South Asia to visit Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Colombo, Aug 28 (newsin.asia) – US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alice Wells, will arrive in Sri Lanka this week as part of a South Asia tour, the US State Department said in a statement Sunday.

Wells will travel to Dhaka, Islamabad, and Colombo from August 28 to September 2.

She will meet with government officials, business leaders, and civil society representatives to discuss US’s cooperation in the region.

On September 1, she will speak at the Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, which will bring together high-level officials from around the world to discuss peace, progress, and prosperity in the Indian Ocean region.
Wells, a career Foreign Service Officer, assumed her duties as Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia and Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan on June 26.