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Sri Lanka Hands over Extradition Treaty Instrument to US Official
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar handed over on Monday the Instrument of Ratification of the United State - Sri Lanka Extradition Treaty to US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Karl Inderfurth who is in Colombo for a two-day visit.
A joint statement issued after the handing-over ceremony said that the Instrument of Ratification of the United States would be transmitted to the Sri Lankan government through diplomatic channels after it was signed by US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
It said that the Extradition Treaty would enter into force on the date when Instrument of Ratification of the United States reached Sri Lanka.
The Extradition Treaty has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Sri lanka and the Senate of the United States, a press release by Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said.
It also said that during their meeting on Monday morning Kadirgamar and Inderfurth reviewed bilateral relationship between the two countries and expressed their satisfaction at the positive development in this relationship during President Clinton's administration.
Inderfurth has made it clear that he is here not to discuss Norwegian peace initiative late last month to bring the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels to the negotiation table for a peaceful solution to the country's 17-year old ethnic war.
Sri Lanka is the first leg of Inderfurth's four-country South Asian tour, which will also take him to India, Nepal and Bhutan.
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