China will continue to support Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Security Council, said Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin during a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday, reported the Daily Mirror.
Minister Zhenmin thanked the president for his personal interest in maintaining relations between the countries.
“We will continue to support Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Sri Lanka will always find a friend in China.”
“You have established a close friendship with the Chinese leadership,” Mr. Liu said, adding that this personal relationship “will play a guiding role in China-Sri Lanka relations.”
“I believe we will continue to work together to enhance cooperation in infrastructure, economic, trade and investment. Our cooperation should expand to a higher level.”
“For China, Sri Lanka is an important partner in the Indian Ocean region,” he said, while thanking Rajapaksa for assisting in the development of the “Maritime Silk Road” and adding that the two countries “should deepen connectivity in the sea and in the air.”
Rajapaksa thanked China for the support it showed during the last session of the UN Human Rights Council, where China voted against the resolution on Sri Lanka.
“We suffered for 30 years and with your help, we managed to defeat terrorism,” he said.