China strongly committed to helping Sri Lanka become prosperous: Envoy
By Nisthar Cassim and Shannon Jayawardena
China yesterday expressed stronger commitment to help Sri Lanka realise its goal to become a prosperous country, allaying fears over growing engagement and stating it has to do with gratitude and cooperation, and not ulterior motives.
“China and Sri Lanka have strong complementarities, and the potential for cooperation is still waiting to be explored. With concrete efforts and under the guidance of our leaders, I am fully confident that in the new era of our bilateral relations, we will certainly gain the success of joint construction of BRI in Sri Lanka, and embrace the Sri Lankan dream of a prosperous country and a happy people,” China’s Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said yesterday.
“Long live China-Sri Lanka friendship,” Ambassador Cheng sai...