BEIJING, April 8, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing, China, April 8, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

April 8, 2016

"Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing on Friday.

Xi spoke highly of the long-term friendship between the two countries, and their support to each other on issues of core interests and major concern.

China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to consolidate traditional friendship, expand reciprocal cooperation, and push forward strategic partnership of cooperation to a new high, Xi said."

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