Pathfinder Foundation in dialogue with CIIS

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From left: PF Project Executive Utthara Wanigasekara, PF Project Executive Sara Hettiarachchi, PF Executive Director Lakshman Siriwardena, PF Chairman Bernard Goonatillke, CIIS Vice President Dr. Rong Ying, PF Founder Milinda Moragoda, PF Director Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage, CIIS Researcher Ding Tianxiao, Embassy of China Shang Chenglin, CIIS Researcher Luo Sa, PF Director Ameera Arooz

China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) Vice President and Senior Research Fellow Dr. Rong Ying together with two other Assistant Research Fellows met with the leadership of the Pathfinder Foundation (PF) early this week.

PF Founder Milinda Moragoda while warmly welcoming Dr. Rong and his colleagues, expressed the timeliness of working together to promote socioeconomic development of Sri Lanka as well as other countries in the region.

CIIS is a professional research institute functioning directly under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. Founded in 1956, CIIS primarily focuses on issues associated with global politics and economics and facilitates the decision-making process of the Central Government. Possible areas for cooperation between CIIS and PF were discussed in detail. Both sides agreed to firm up specific cooperation arrangements in the near future.

The CIIS delegation was accompanied by Shang Chenglin of the Political Section of the Embassy of China.