after india sri lankan president now arrives in china on a 4 day visit

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has visited China for the second time in a month. In this meeting, Dissanayake is scheduled to meet the senior leadership of China and also meet political personalities. According to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, this visit will further deepen the bilateral relations between China and Sri Lanka. This is Dissanayaka’s second foreign visit since assuming the office of President in September last year. First of all he traveled to India. During his visit to China, Dissanayaka will hold bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping on the mutual interests of the two countries and will also meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji.

It is believed that during this visit, many other issues including permission to Chinese research ship and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will be discussed. In this conversation, the Chinese industrial area around the southern port of Hambantota. There will be discussion regarding this also. On this issue, China’s top official Qin Boyong had recently said that Chinese companies are waiting to start business in Hambantota. Many agreements will be agreed between China and Sri Lanka during this tour. A month earlier in December itself, Dissanayake had visited India and had assured that Sri Lankan soil would not be used against India.

Dissanayaka, who was once a harsh critic of India, had come to Delhi on his first foreign trip. During his visit to India in December, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Making a veiled reference to China, Dissanayaka assured India that Sri Lanka would not allow its territory to be used in a manner that is detrimental to India’s interests.