Thompson Advisory Group is helping Sri Lanka bolster ties with the U.S. by highlighting its policies covering trade, foreign investment, national security, post-war recover and humanitarian assistance matters.

The island nation south of India has put down a multi-year war against the Tamil Tigers, which led to the deaths of more than 40,000.

Its government has been charged with war crimes committed with the wind-down of the conflict and an aggressive clamp-down on the media.

Sri Lanka wrapped up a two-day meeting of Commonwealth leaders on Nov. 17, which it had billed as an “important test,” according to The Economist.

The meeting did not reap the anticipated accolades as India, Canada and Mauritius boycotted the session because of human rights issues.

The Economist noted that only 24 heads of state attended the session, the lowest count in years,

Those that showed up created a stir. For instance, David Cameron, U.K. prime minister, used it as a platform to warn Sri Lanka’s government that it must launch an independent and transparent inquiry into alleged abuses by March or else face a probe by he United Nations Human Rights Council.

TAG’s contract is with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

The firm is headed by Robert Thompson, who also chaired Jefferson Consulting Group and served as Ronald Reagan’s deputy director for legislative affairs.