en_226436_0	The US Embassy in Sri Lanka has announced that there is no plan or intention to establish a US base in Sri Lanka.
en_226436_1	US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz tweeted that the Visiting Forces Agreementnegotiations only aim to facilitate cooperation and any agreement will fully respect the sovereignty of Sri Lanka.She dismissed the reports of a local news website on the draft of the Status of Forces Agreement as “blatant misinformation”.