Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremasinghe reassured China's ambassador to the country on Wednesday, that cooperation would continue despite the defeat of the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
"Sri Lanka attaches great importance to developing relations with China, and is willing to further strengthen bilateral pragmatic cooperation in various fields for mutual benefits and win-win results," Mr Wickremasinghe said following his meeting with Ambassador Wu Jianghao, reports China's state news agency Xinhua.
"China is willing to further develop its ties with Sri Lanka based on bilateral agreements and consensus," Ambassador Wu added.
The newly elected president, Maithripala Sirisena, pledged in his manifesto that he would curtail Chinese investment in the country introduced previously by Mr Rajapaksa.