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Xi tells President Sirisena in letter he wants to improve relationship

30 Aug, 2018

Chinese President?Xi Jinping has told President Maithripala Sirisena that he wants to further improve the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and China.

President?Xi Jinping had expressed this view in a letter to President Sirisena extending birthday greetings to him this week, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said today.

The Embassy said that on August 28th, Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan called on President Maithripala Sirisena, and handed over a letter of birthday greetings from President Xi Jinping.

In the letter, President Xi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart on the latter’s 67^th birthday, and appreciated the good working relations between them.

President Xi stressed that “I attach great importance to the development of our bilateral relations and would like to work together with you to further promote China-Sri Lanka Strategic Cooperative Partnership to a new height.”

On the same day, President Sirisena replied a letter of thanks through the Chinese Embassy, and expressed deep gratitude to his Chinese counterpart for the warm greetings extended.

President Sirisena stated that the bilateral relations “have made tremendous in the recent pass encompassing various sectors. It is my fervent belief that the close collaboration will continue to flourish and expand for the benefit of our peoples. I would be looking forward to work closely with you to further strengthen the development cooperation between our two nations.”

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