Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently on a 4-day visit to China where he is due to meet with high ranking Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping.
According to a statement released by the Sri Lankan President’s office, whilst in China Rajapaksa will hold a series of talks with officials including Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Vice President Li Yuanchao, Minister of Defense Chang Wanquan and Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng. The statement also said the talks will,
"center on further enhancing cooperation between the two countries in areas of trade, investment, tourism, culture, science and technology, defense, and regional and international affairs".
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Accompanying the Sri Lankan President is the Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, alongside the Monitoring MP for the Ministry of External Affairs Sajin de Vaas Gunawardena, Parliamentarians A.H.M. Azwer and Namal Rajapaksa, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Chief-of-Staff Gamini Senarath.
Also attending are Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Douglas Devananda, the infamous leader of the government aligned Tamil paramilitary group, the Eelam People’s Democratic Party.