{"id":51078,"date":"2022-08-04T07:47:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51078"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:47:50","slug":"secretary-blinkens-meeting-with-sri-lankan-foreign-minister-sabry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51078","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Sabry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>08\/04\/2022 10:24 AM EDT<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry today in Phnom Penh on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum. Secretary Blinken congratulated Minister Sabry on his recent appointment. He reiterated the United States\u2019 support for the people of Sri Lanka, highlighting over $179 million in U.S\u00a0assistance\u00a0that will support Sri Lanka\u2019s most vulnerable and bolster the country\u2019s economy in this challenging time. He also emphasized the importance of working with the IMF to put Sri Lanka back on the path to economic stability. As Sri Lanka approaches this juncture, the Secretary emphasized the need to act in accordance with the country\u2019s constitutional processes and to protect the human rights of all Sri Lankans, including the right to peaceful assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-8341120458704687212mail_footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>08\/04\/2022 10:24 AM EDT Office of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51079,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51078\/revisions\/51079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}