China is considering a new request for $ 2.5 billion ($ 1 billion financing facility and $ 1.5 billion buyers’ credit) from the Government of Sri Lanka, , Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong said.
He said the Chinese authorities are promptly studying the request. The Ambassador said this at a press briefing coordinated by the Sri Lanka-China Journalists Forum held at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo in yesterday.
China and Sri Lanka celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations as well as the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Rubber-Rice pact this year.
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