The United States has nominated Eric Meyer, a senior career diplomat currently overseeing South and Central Asian policy at the U.S. Department of State, as its next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka, though the appointment is yet to be finalised pending Senate confirmation. President Donald Trump submitted Meyer’s nomination to the U.S. Senate on July 9, 2025, where it was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Presidential Nomination PN380-2 during the 1

Public criticism of Tamil Nadu political leaders by Sri Lankan Tamils risks alienating millions of their supporters and weakening long-standing political solidarity, P. Ayngaranesan, leader of the Tamil National Green Movement, has warned. Ayngaranesan made these remarks while addressing a contemporary political discourse organised by the Tamil National Green Movement at the Divine Life Society Hall in Nallur (Divya Jeevana Sangam) recently. He said that indiscriminate public attacks on Tamil