An assessment by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence with regard to the U.S. travel warning on Sri Lanka by the U.S. State Department under Level 04 Category revealed that neither reports on terrorist threats nor such related activities were revealed as of yesterday.  

The ministry said in a statement that the U.S. travel warning on Sri Lanka is a general travel warning given by the U.S. State Department under Level 04 Category.  

Although the U.S. travel advisory regarding Sri Lanka has been issued due to COVID-19 situation, the threat on terrorism is also included by default.  The same has been tweeted by the U.S. Embassy in Colombo stating that the change of Travel Advisory for Sri Lanka from Level 3 to Level 4 was solely due to prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country and there is no change to the terrorist threat level, the ministry said.