China on Friday termed the upcoming three-day visit of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as significant as the Sri Lankan president seeks to balance ties with Beijing weeks after his India visit.
Dissanayake will pay a state visit to China from January 14 to 17 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced here on Friday.
Another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a media briefing: “The upcoming visit will be Dissanayake’s first visit to China after taking office, and is of great importance to the development of China-Sri Lanka relations.”
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