China’s General Xiaotian was warmly welcomed to Sri Lanka by army chief Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya.
General Xiaotian arrived at the army headquarters on Tuesday morning, where a guard of honour was awaiting him.
Lt. Gen. Jayasuriya stressed that Sri Lanka was ‘true friends’ with China due to the military assistance the country provided during the last few years of the war, which left at least 40,000 Tamil civilians dead.
The Army Commander told the visiting General, 'how the nation, as the war was on, looked at the true friends of Sri Lanka with a deep sense of pride and appreciation', the army said on its website.
Jayasuriya received his training at a military academy in China and stands accused of involvement in war crimes by human rights organisations.
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