{"id":97751,"date":"2020-01-14T16:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=97751"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:55:23","slug":"china-will-not-allow-outsiders-to-meddle-in-lankas-internal-affairs-foreign-minister-wang-yi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/01\/14\/china-will-not-allow-outsiders-to-meddle-in-lankas-internal-affairs-foreign-minister-wang-yi\/","title":{"rendered":"China will not allow outsiders to meddle in Lanka\u2019s internal affairs: Foreign Minister Wang Yi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had said that he is striving to keep Sri Lanka free and economically independent<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Colombo, January 14 (newsin.asia): The visiting Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, told Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa here on Tuesday, that China will not allow any outsiders to interfere in Sri Lanka\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a thinly veiled reference to the Western countries\u2019 bid to dictate terms to Sri Lanka on human rights and ethnic reconciliation at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Wang said: We will not allow any outside influences to interfere with matters that are essentially internal concerns of Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to Lankan President Gotabaya\u2019s statement that he is striving to keep Sri Lanka independent and economically free, Wang said: China stands for Sri Lanka\u2019s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. As Sri Lanka\u2019s strategic partner, China will continue to standby Sri Lanka\u2019s interests. As in the past, would be Sri Lanka\u2019s longtime partner in prosperity and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang noted that China\u2019s policy towards Sri Lanka had always been consistent and that it would continue to be Sri Lanka\u2019s reliable friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Gotabaya had earlier said: Sri Lanka is a small country. Fortunately or not, it is geographically placed in a most strategic location. As a result, the country has to face many political challenges. The only way to overcome them is to be economically strong. Economic independence will ensure political independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foreign Minister of Wang congratulated China\u2019s old friend\u201d President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his election and added that he was confident that the already existing strong bilateral relations could be further strengthened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Gotabaya warmly reciprocated the visiting Minister\u2019s good wishes and revealed that he was an admirer of President Xi Jinping, especially his work in poverty alleviation. Xi\u2019s model of poverty alleviation had been incorporated into his own manifesto, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to the Lankan President\u2019s visit to China in February, the Chinese Foreign Minister said that all arrangements would be made for him to meet with relevant parties who could help Sri Lanka in the areas of technology, tourism, infrastructure and other related fields of development. The visit, he assured, will be most productive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving home the point that China is sanguine about Sri Lanka\u2019s progress, Wang said: Sri Lanka may have less landmass, but it will soon be strong economically. China will be with Sri Lanka in its striving to reach this goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan, Vice Minister of Commerce Qian Keming, Vice Chairman of China International Development and Cooperation Agency Zhou Liujun, Secretary to the Lankan President Dr. P. B. Jayasundara, honorary adviser to the President Lalith Weeratunga and the Additional Secretary to the President on International Relations Admiral Jayanath Colombage were present during the discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had said that he is striving to keep Sri Lanka free and economically independent Colombo, January 14 (newsin.asia): The visiting Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, told Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa here on Tuesday, that China will not allow any outsiders to interfere in Sri Lanka\u2019s internal affairs. In a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}