US Ambassador opens American Centre in new National Library building
01 Nov 2010, 15:39
Aishath Shazra
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Patricia Butenis, opened the new American Centre in the National Library Building on October 28.
The centre had previously been called the American Corner and was located in the National Library since May 2004, serving as a resource centre for the public on all things American.
In her speech, Ambassador Butenis highlighted the services offered at the new American Centre, explaining that when when the national library moved in July, “we felt the time was right to rename our facility in order to more accurately represent our growing ties with the people and the government of Maldives.”
The upgraded American Center appears part of a wider effort by the American government to engage with the Maldives. The United States marked its Fourth of July independence day for the first time in the Maldives with a function at Holiday Inn.
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