Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives today
September 16, 2014 11:00 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Sri Lanka Today (16) on a two-day official visit. This visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping will be the first visit by a Chinese President to Sri Lanka in 28 years. The last Chinese President to visit the island was President Li Xiannian in 1986.
The Chinese President will ink number of bi-lateral agreements covering political, economic, cultural and social sectors, during his visit to Sri Lanka.
The visiting leader will hold meetings with the President and the Prime Minister and pay a visit to the Parliament where he will meet the Speaker and members of parliament including the Opposition.
Sri Lanka recognized the People’s Republic of China in 1950, marking a turning point in relations between the two countries. In December of 1952, Sri Lanka and China signed the “Rubber-Rice Pact.” The agreement helped break the blockade and embargo that had been imposed on China by western nations.
