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-04/11/13 Sinhala and Tamil New Year

-03/22/13 Interview With BBC Sinhala Service; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-03/21/13 UN Human Rights Council Vote on Sri Lanka Reconciliation

-12/07/12 Ongoing Concerns on Rule of Law in Sri Lanka; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-09/07/12 Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake Jr. Travels to Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka; Office of the Spokesperson

-05/18/12 Remarks With Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris Before Their Meeting

-04/12/12 Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Greeting

-03/23/12 United Nations Human Rights Council 19th Regular Session; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-03/22/12 UN Human Rights Council Vote on Sri Lanka Reconciliation

-09/19/11 Readout of Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake's Travel to Sri Lanka and India (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-09/14/11 Press Conference at the American Center in Colombo; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-09/08/11 Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Sri Lanka and India; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/25/11 Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Sri Lanka; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/10/11 Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-07/22/11 Read out on Secretary of State Clinton's Trip to India; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-06/28/11 Sri Lanka: Accountability for Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-06/22/11 South and Central Asia Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation

-06/03/11 Sri Lanka Defense Symposium; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman

-05/04/11 U.S. - Sri Lanka Relations; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-04/29/11 Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Maldives and Sri Lanka; Office of the Spokesman

-04/29/11 Interview With PTI; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-04/05/11 Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-03/14/11 Sri Lanka Looks Ahead: Will Prosperity Bring Peace?; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-02/28/11 Interview with AFP; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-02/18/11 Remarks At the National Council of International Visitors Meeting

-02/02/11 Sri Lanka's Independence Day

-01/19/11 The Obama Administration's Priorities in South and Central Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-01/18/11 Biennial Fulbright South and Central Asia Regional Conference to be Hosted in Sri Lanka, January 26-28

-12/15/10 Telephone Conference Call With Journalists in South Asia ; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-09/30/10 South Asia's Unheralded Stories; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-09/11/10 The September 8 Passage of Sri Lanka's 18th Amendment; Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs

-08/02/10 U.S. Department of State Honors Rezani Aziz of Sri Lanka as State Alumni Member of the Month for August 2010; Office of the Spokesman

-07/21/10 Transcript of Press Conference; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-07/19/10 Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; Office of the Spokesman

-07/08/10 Daily Press Briefing - July 8 (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)

-06/23/10 Statement on the Sri Lanka Panel of Experts; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations

-05/28/10 Remarks With Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris After their Meeting

-05/04/10 Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports; Office of the Spokesman

-04/26/10 Press Conference in Kathmandu; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-04/12/10 The Current Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-04/08/10 Current Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Parlimentary Elections in Sri Lanka; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-03/26/10 Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Michael Owen to Represent United States at "Maldives Donor Conference 2010"; Office of the Spokesman

-03/10/10 Interview With Asahi Shimbun; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-02/22/10 Interview With BBC World News ; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-12/09/09 Progress in Sri Lanka; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-12/04/09 Sri Lanka: A/S Blake's Upcoming Trip (Taken Question); Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-10/09/09 Assistant Secretary Blake Discusses the Humanitarian Situation and Prospects for Political Reconciliation in Sri Lanka with Sri Lankan-American Community Representatives

-10/09/09 Interview With the Washington Diplomat; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-09/09/09 The Obama Administration's Policy on South Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-08/21/09 Interview with Reuters; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-08/18/09 Interview With CNNI, Connect the World; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-08/13/09 Interview With BBC World Service South Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-08/12/09 Assistant Secretary Blake and Chargé d'Affaires Moore Discuss the Humanitarian Situation and Prospects for Political Reconciliation in Sri Lanka with Tamil Diaspora Groups; Office of the Spokesman

-08/10/09 Interview With the Associated Press; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-08/07/09 Interview With India Abroad; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-06/29/09 Interview With Reuters ; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-06/29/09 New Strategic Partnerships; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-05/19/09 Sri Lanka: Cessation of Fighting; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Office of the Spokesman

-05/15/09 Sri Lanka: Co-Chairs Call (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman

-05/13/09 Humanitarian Concerns in Sri Lanka (Taken Question)

-05/12/09 United States and United Kingdom Joint Statement On the Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka ; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-05/11/09 United Nations Security Council Meeting on Sri Lanka; Office of the Spokesman

-04/25/09 U.S. Statement Regarding Tokyo Co-Chairs Call on Sri Lanka; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood

-04/16/09 Call for an End to Hostilities in Sri Lanka; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-04/13/09 Assistant Secretary Boucher Speaks with the Tokyo Co-Chairs: Second Conference Call; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-04/09/09 Assistant Secretary Boucher Speaks with the Tokyo Co-Chairs; Bureau of Public Affairs

-04/08/09 Assistant Secretary Boucher and Ambassador Blake Discuss Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka with Tamil Diaspora Groups; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-03/13/09 Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-03/06/09 Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-02/03/09 United States and United Kingdom Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman

-01/30/09 The Roles of the U.S. and India in South Central Asia; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

-01/23/09 Continuing Attacks on Media in Sri Lanka

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