Miss Sri Lanka Tracy Ann De Zilva and Queen of the Catwalk Shenara Perera were special invitees at a ceremony held at the Galle Face Hotel organized by the US Embassy.
Nisha Desai Biswal of-course is the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs. Addressing the event she said that Sri Lanka had always had tremendous potential and in fact it was tipped to become the next Japan 50 years ago.
“All the fundamentals were there including a well educated population, higher per capita of GDP and the strategic location. But the potential was not fully realized. Later on, the terrible civil conflict, and tragic natural disasters struck the country,’ she said.
“Now Sri Lanka can become the success economic story it meant to be. It can become the next Singapore and we will be there as a friend and partner,” she said
“Now Sri Lanka can become the success economic story it meant to be. It can become the next Singapore and we will be there as a friend and partner,” she said
