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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12848988" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8631/90106124.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtnDoS_CHXjG90VgXaFBIENmnJWIsXElGkQaz2ZMm8DnD92RaCAg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The U.S Embassy in Colombo says the recent statement made by  Ambassador-designate Michele J. Sison before the Senate Foreign  Relations Committee is in complete accordance with U.S policy. On June 6, Ambassador-designate Michele J. Sison testified before the  Senate Foreign Relations Committee as part of her confirmation process  as President Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives. Her statement reiterated long-standing U.S. policy toward Sri Lanka,  including calls for further demilitarization of the north, provincial  council elections in the north, and mechanisms to deal with outstanding  human rights issues. Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs Karunatilaka Amunugama  was quoted in the media yesterday as saying that the ideas expressed by  the ambassador designate and the US government are different. “Ambassador-designate Sison’s testimony is in complete accordance  with U.S policy as well as previous statements by U.S. officials and  also reflects the issues discussed during Secretary Clinton’s meeting  with Minister of External Affairs Peiris last month in Washington,” the  U.S Embassy in Colombo said. The Embassy said that her testimony also noted the need for a broad  range of partnerships between the United States and Sri Lanka. The new Ambassador nominated by the United States for Sri Lanka and  the Maldives had said that reconciliation in Sri Lanka is slow as human  rights violations have not been investigated. Sison told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that achieving  genuine reconciliation will require Sri Lanka to take credible steps to  ensure equality and justice for all Sri Lankans, particularly for those  living in former conflict areas.CG</blockquote>

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