Lankan parliamentarians to visit China next week

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Fifteen Sri Lankan parliamentarians will visit China next week to attend a program on disaster management, the Asian News International reported.

China handed over the equipment estimated at 293,000 U.S. dollars to the Sri Lankan Parliament to boost parliament to parliament ties between the two countries.

While appreciating and accepting the donation, Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said to date over 100 parliamentarians had visited China for several programs with the support of China.

Jayasuriya said a further 15 parliamentary members would visit China next week to undergo a program on disaster management. "We hope to strengthen this relationship further," Jayasuriya said.

China's Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Yi Xianliang, said China welcomed more local parliamentarians to visit China and would look forward to further boosting ties with the island country.

Yi said he would also encourage more Chinese companies and investors to invest in Sri Lanka.

Recently, China Merchants Port Holdings has signed a $1.12 billion agreement with the SriLanka Ports Authority to develop the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka.(ANI)

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ANTON Sunday, 06 August 2017 09:31 AM

HEAD LINE IN CHINESE NEWS PAPERS " A PLANE LOAD OF LANKAN CUCKOOS ARE VISITING CHINA"

Krishantha Sunday, 06 August 2017 09:44 AM

I will make my son politician.........

ceylon Sunday, 06 August 2017 10:40 AM

what to learn from communist one party dictatoship parliment . via DM Android App

Labby Sunday, 06 August 2017 11:42 AM

What our parliamentarians can learn is; 'how not to be found out'.

Gamarala Sunday, 06 August 2017 11:42 AM

Ceylon. China is a country to watch and also to follow...

Perumal Sunday, 06 August 2017 12:05 PM

They want to get hands on experience in parliamentary democrazy.

NihalAmarasekera Sunday, 06 August 2017 12:09 PM

Seems China is trying its utmost to satisfy the SL parliamentarians cause so many PPP's is in the Silk Pipe Line to be materialized.

Prem Nath Monday, 07 August 2017 02:17 PM

It is initself a disaster sending these parliamentarians to China,because when they are back,they would have learnt nothing to pass on the knowledge to the people who really man the disaster situations in Sri Lanka. Not these people who should be making this trip but the seniors from the government disaster management agencies who really are hands down in this type of emergencies during disasters.

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