Daya Gamage, Asian Tribune
Image from article, with caption: Sri Lanka ambassador to US Prasad Kariyawasam engaged in diplomatic dialogue with US Congressmen (from left) Ed Royce, Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ted Yoho, Chairman House Asia Sub-committee, David Price of House Democracy Partnership and Senator Chris Van Hollen
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Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the United States Prasad Kariyawasam is treading the most difficult path of diplomacy since January 20 this year when a multi-faceted Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. ...
A majority of professional positions in the Department of State, the public diplomacy-public affairs arm of the Government of the United States, still remain unfilled . ...
Reading the events and talking to some of the state department colleagues who worked with this writer in the latter part of the last millennium who are still in professional business of public diplomacy and public affairs, this writer strongly feels that even a savvy diplomat of the caliber of Prasad Kariyawasam is unable to comprehend what policies the Trump White House and the ‘depleted’ state department will pursue on issues close to Sri Lanka . ...
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