US offers assistance in tracing money illegally taken out of Sri Lanka

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has agreed to provide technical assistance to the government's anti-corruption program to bring back funds that have been taken out of Sri Lanka.

He made this statement during a discussion with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (07).

The President stated that the political culture has a direct impact on corruption and waste in Sri Lanka and that efforts are being made to reduce corruption and waste by creating a new political culture. The President stated that the necessary measures have already been taken to investigate illegal activities carried out nationally and internationally and to expedite those investigations.