U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center L) poses with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena before a meeting in the presidential meeting room at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Harnik/Pool
COLOMBO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday the United States wants to renew ties with Sri Lanka and urged its new government to work with the United Nations to ensure an investigation into war crimes met international standards.
Kerry arrived in the South Asian island nation earlier on Saturday, the first time in a decade that a U.S. secretary of state has visited Sri Lanka.
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