SL-China commit to strengthen ties

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During the official visit of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to China last week, the two sides agreed on multiple issues.

Following is a quick list of the commitments.

MoU on jointly accelerating the “Formulation of the Cooperation Plan on the Belt and Road Initiative”
MoU for cooperation between the National Development and Reform Commission of China and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies of Sri Lanka
MoU on Green and Low-Carbon Development
Implementation Agreement of China-Aid Subsidised Housing Project (2,000 units) for Low Income Category at Colombo
Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for “Export of Ceylon Cinnamon from Sri Lanka to China”
Protocol on inspection, quarantine and veterinary sanitary requirements for “Wild Fishing Aquatic Products to be exported from Sri Lanka to China”
Letter of Exchange of Feasibility Study on “China-Aid Project of Digital Transformation for the General Education in Sri Lanka”
Tri-Partite Agreement on “Operation and Management of the China-Sri Lanka Joint Research and Demonstration Centre for Water Technology”
Commencement of the construction of “Sri Lankan temple and stupa in the historic White Horse Temple, Henan, China”
“Cooperation Framework Agreement” between the Port City Economic Commission, China Harbour Engineering Company, Browns Investments and Hunan Construction Investment Group “for the phase 2 development of the Colombo Port City project for $ 1.565 billion”.

See full text of the China-Sri Lanka communique on Page 9

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