{"id":200890,"date":"2019-04-25T17:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=200890"},"modified":"2019-04-25T17:41:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:11:22","slug":"u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Ambassador Calls For Unity, Details U.S. Support To Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Alaina+B.+Teplitz\"><strong>Alaina B. Teplitz<\/strong><\/a> called for unity in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-25-killed-and-250-injured-on-easter-sunday-bombing\/\"><strong>the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks<\/strong><\/a> that killed at least 359 innocent people, including four U.S. citizens. Noting the progress Sri Lanka has made in building trust and ties among people of different faiths and ethnicities over the last few years, she urged Sri Lankans to remain unified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese terrible attacks are the work of a few individuals and not of an entire community,\u201d Ambassador Teplitz said. \u201cSri Lankans of all backgrounds and faiths have come together to condemn these atrocities. Unity is the most powerful answer to terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FColombo.USembassy%2Fvideos%2F325948881401308%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Teplitz stated that President Trump\u2019s offer of assistance was both concrete and significant: expert teams from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) are providing support to the Sri Lankan-led investigation into the attacks, at the behest of the Sri Lankan Government. These teams are working side-by-side with Sri Lankan law enforcement officials in forensics and crime scene investigations. The Embassy is working to determine ways in which we can assist Sri Lanka\u2019s communities in coming together in the aftermath of this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to provide all possible support to Sri Lanka\u2019s efforts and are assisting at the invitation of the government,\u201d the Ambassador added. \u201cConspiracy theories about the involvement of the U.S. military draw attention away from where it should be focused, which is firmly on the victims and their families.\u201d The cooperation is part of the growing partnership between the United States and Sri Lanka. Security is a key component of that partnership. \u201cAs a close friend to Sri Lanka, we are heartbroken by these attacks. We\u2019re committed to helping Sri Lanka emerge from this crisis stronger and more unified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":200892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Ambassador Calls For Unity, Details U.S. Support To Sri Lanka - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Ambassador Calls For Unity, Details U.S. Support To Sri Lanka - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-25T12:11:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U.S.-Ambassador-to-Sri-Lanka-Alaina-B.-Teplitz.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"895\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"507\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. Ambassador Calls For Unity, Details U.S. Support To Sri Lanka - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U.S.-Ambassador-to-Sri-Lanka-Alaina-B.-Teplitz.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-25T12:11:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-ambassador-calls-for-unity-details-u-s-support-to-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U.S.-Ambassador-to-Sri-Lanka-Alaina-B.-Teplitz.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U.S.-Ambassador-to-Sri-Lanka-Alaina-B.-Teplitz.jpeg\",\"width\":895,\"height\":507,\"caption\":\"U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. 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