State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said that Sri Lanka has taken difficult but positive result-oriented decisions in economic recovery. 

He said this at a discussion held yesterday at the Finance Ministry premises, with the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for South Asia Eileen Laubacher who is here in Sri Lanka with a delegation and H.E.Julie Chung Ambassador, to the U.S.

The discussion mainly focused on the shared goals of economic recovery and stability for Sri Lanka.

Discussing the main impacts from the decisions taken, State Minister emphasized that the country is on the process of long-term economic stabilization with the new reforms in systems and transparency. 

He further expressed his gratitude towards U.S for their continuous support for the needs of the country. Adding to that he thanked the US for the support with fertilizers and he invited the Director of NSC and the Ambassador to visit the rural areas during the cropping period to see how the support with fertilizers has impacted on the production.

Moreover, the Director of NSC appreciated and admired the decisions taken to make sure the country on its way towards a long-term econmic stabilization eventhough the decisions are harder and opposited. She further said that US government will always support to Sri Lanka as  the discussion has given more focus on  the shared values of democracy, promoting economic development, improving the global environment, and 75 years of partnership between the US & SL, including their support for Sri Lanka and our people in the time of need.

Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardhane,  A.K.Senevirathne and R.M.P.Rathnayake,Deputy Secretaries to the Treasury, Eileen Laubacher, NSC Senior Director, Julie Chung, Ambassador of  U.S, Brian Luti, NSC Director, Scott Urbom, State Department Director of the Office of Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, Daniel Moon, Embassy Notetaker and Debra Mosel, USAID Acting Country Director were presented in the meeting.