(UDHAYAM, BEIJING) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (15) assured Sri Lanka development assistance as the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation drew to a close in the Chinese capital.
President Jinping said that while Sri Lanka is a small island it is an important country in the ports and shipping sector.
President Jinping was speaking at a reception held with the participation of several world leaders, including Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Participants in the Leaders Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation adopted a joint communiqué and released an outcome list on Monday.
The roundtable summit was part of the two-day forum held on Sunday (14) and Monday and attended by 30 Heads of State and Government leaders.
The forum is the most important meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative since President Jinping first made the proposal in 2013. It is also the largest-scale and highest-level international gathering initiated by China.
