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Ambassador Majintha Jayesinghe presents Letters of Credence to President Xi Jinping
View(s):Ambassador Majintha Jayesinghe presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, on December 12, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka.
Ambassador Jayesinghe conveyed greetings from the President of Sri Lanka Anura Dissanayake and the people of Sri Lanka, to President Xi, who reciprocated greetings to the president and the people of Sri Lanka.
Addressing the envoys who presented credentials, President Xi expressed hope that the envoys would promote exchanges, enhance cooperation and work towards strengthening the bonds of friendship with China. President Xi reiterated that China is ready to share its development expertise and opportunities with other countries and promote the modernisation of all countries based on peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation, and common prosperity.
Ambassador Jayesinghe joined the Sri Lanka Foreign Service in 1998 and has previously served as Ambassador to the UAE and Austria. He was Permanent Representative to the UN entities in Austria and was also accredited as Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. During his career in the Foreign Service, Ambassador Jayesinghe served as Chief of Protocol, and held positions in different capacities in the ministry, as well as in Sri Lanka missions abroad including in the embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, and served as Consul General in Shanghai and Deputy High Commissioner in Malaysia.
Ambassador Jayesinghe is a graduate of the University of Birmingham, UK, and a past pupil of St Joseph’s College and Royal College, Colombo.
The ambassador was accompanied to the credential ceremony by Counsellor of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, Niranga Palipana.