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[notes 1] Sri Lanka–United States relations and Maldives–United States relations have been friendly throughout the history of Sri Lanka and the history of the Maldives. The diplomatic mission representing the United States in both countries is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Jefferson House is the ambassadorial residence of the ambassador in ...
In 1951 the building was purchased by the Government of the United States to serve as the chancery of its Embassy in Sri Lanka. [4] It functioned in that capacity until the United States Embassy moved to a new premises in 1984 and the building was transferred to USAid, for use as their offices.
Jefferson House is the ambassadorial residence in Colombo for the Ambassador of the United States in Sri Lanka. It was built in 1914 in the Cinnamon Gardens a suburb of Colombo. Once the home of Hon. Justice V. M. Fernando , Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon , it was purchased by the Government of the United States in 1948, for the use of ...
Colombo Afghanistan: Embassy 2022 [31] Nigeria: High Commission 2017 [32] Philippines: Embassy 1993 [33] Norway: Embassy 2023 [34] [35] Poland: Embassy 1993 [32] Seychelles: High Commission 2021 [36] Sweden: Embassy 2010 [37]
In October 2023, the Sri Lanka's Parliament's Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security recommended informing US Ambassador Julie Chung to avoid commenting on Sri Lanka's internal affairs. This advice was prompted by the ambassador's remarks following the events of May 9, 2022.
The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka is located in Colombo, as are the U.S. Agency for International Development offices and Public Affairs offices. IBB offices are located near Chilaw, 75 km north of Colombo. [citation needed] Sri Lankan Embassy is located in Washington, D.C., and Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles
Robert Orris Blake Jr. (born 1957) is an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from 2006 to 2009, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2016.
One ambassador is accredited to the Maldives and Sri Lanka, while resident in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1967 the then-current ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cecil B. Lyon, was given an additional commission to the Maldives. There is no U.S. embassy in Malé, Maldives. Mali [153] Consulate: Recognized: 1960