PM thanks China for its long-term support

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has thanked China for its long-term support to Sri Lanka's economic and social development and hoped that China's assistance and aid would benefit more grassroot people. The PM made expressed these views during a working consultation held with Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan at Temple Trees yesterday. 

Speaking further, Premier Wickremesinghe emphasized that Sri Lanka attaches great importance to mega-projects cooperation between our two countries and his commitment to tackle the practical difficulties listed by the Chinese side.

The Prime Minister's office would urge the ministerial committee on Hambantota development and the Ministry of Southern Development to coordinate concerned departments to speed up the implementation of pragmatic cooperation such as the development of Hambantota Port and industrial zone, so as to bring real benefit to Sri Lankan people in an early date, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo quoted Mr Wickremesinghe as saying. 

During the working consultation with the Chinese Ambassador, both sides reviewed the current progress of bilateral economic and trade cooperation and vowed to further promote pragmatic cooperation.

Ambassador Cheng highlighted the bilateral economic and trade relations, especially major-projects cooperation as the ballast stone of Sino-Sri Lanka relations. In order to strive for early harvest and bring tangible benefit to the two peoples, China stands ready to work with the Sri Lankan side to accelerate the implementation of the major-projects cooperation under the framework of the "Belt and Road" Initiative, the embassy stated.

The embassy further stated that during the meeting, Ambassador Cheng elaborated on current progress together with difficulties of the mega-projects cooperation between the two countries and called upon the Sri Lankan government pushing for practical solutions.

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