• Visit expected to take place once Covid restrictions are eased in Beijing
• Possibly in November
• Not yet clear if it would be at ministerial or presidential levels
• Sri Lanka and China have begun low level discussions on debt refinancing

By Kelum Bandara 

A high profile visit of a Sri Lankan delegation to China was discussed when the Foreign Ministers of the two countries met on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry had bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New York.  Mr. Sabry told Daily Mirror that a high profile Sri Lankan delegation would undertake an official visit to China possibly in November. However, he did not specify whether it would be at ministerial or presidential levels.

He said the visit would take place once Covid restrictions are eased in Beijing.
“The visit may not take place in October. Possibly it may take place in November,” he said.

China is Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor followed by Japan and India respectively.
Sri Lanka and China have started low level discussions on debt refinancing