Robert Blake, the assistant secretary of state for South Asia, will visit Sri Lanka on Monday and Tuesday.
He is expected to encourage post-war reconciliation, US State Departmentofficials said Friday.
Blake, formerly the ambassador to Colombo, will meet with government officials, political leaders and civil society, State Department added in a statement.
Sri Lanka's relations with the United States and other Western nations soured earlier this year as troops defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels, who waged a bloody campaign for a separate homeland.US was concerned about the safety of the non-combatants.
However, Sri Lanka government accuses the Western nations are plotting against them and assisting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) that was militarily defeated this year.
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