The US says it did not provide Sri Lanka with advance intelligence regarding imminent attacks prior to Easter Sunday, the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday.

Why this matters: This contradicts what the Sri Lankan government said. Sri Lankan government minister Harsha de Silva told CNN Monday that advance intelligence had been provided by “both India and the United States.”

When presented with this claim, Ambassador Teplitz denied it.

“We had no prior knowledge of these attacks,” the ambassador said, adding, “the Sri Lankan government has admitted lapses in their intelligence gathering and information sharing.”

When Amanpour asked her about de Silva’s claim, Teplitz responded: