The US State Department Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R.
Clarke Cooper visited Sri Lanka from June 2-5 to discuss security cooperation and assess the progress of US-funded demining programmes.
Assistant Secretary Cooper travelled to the Eastern Province to observe demining operations and meet with project beneficiaries.
The projects are part of the nearly Rs.
970 million (US$5.5 million) assistance that the US State Department provided towards Sri Lanka demining efforts in 2018, a release from the US Embassy said.