Sri Lanka's External Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera will visit China later this month, the first high-level visit to Beijing since the new government came to power in January.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Mr Samaraweera would meet his Chinese counterpart and other officials on his Feb 27-28 trip.
"We hope to use the opportunity of this visit by Foreign Minister Samaraweera to have a further deep exchange of views on the future of Sino-Sri Lanka ties under this new situation," Ms Hua told media on Tuesday.
According to Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs, Mr Samaraweera will undertake the visit at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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