China and Sri Lanka reached important common understandings on deepening the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a media briefing here.

As Sri Lankan President Dissanayake meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, a look at China’s economic grip on Sri Lanka’s economic sovereignty, and the goodwill that India has shown towards its southern neighbo

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visits China to strengthen ties and sign agreements with Chinese officials.

Dissanayake incidentally was a critic of the Hambantota port deal for its long-term lease while he was in the opposition.It was seen as a balancing act as last year India and Sri Lanka inked a deal to jointly develop 85 Word War II-era oil storage tanks at the strategic Trincomalee port in the eastern region of the country.

China and Sri Lanka have agreed on more investment and economic cooperation, after China's President Xi Jinping met recently elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing on Wednesday.

China places Sri Lanka on top of its neighbourhood diplomacy and supports it in safeguarding its sovereignty, President Xi Jinping told his Sri Lankan counterpart Anura Kumara Dissanayake during their