Beijing
, Sun Nov 11 2012, 20:58 hrs
China
and Sri Lanka today firmed up their defence relations during a meeting of their
top officials who pledged to make efforts to boost relations between the two
countries and their militaries.
Chinese
Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met a Sri Lankan delegation headed by Secretary
of Defence and Urban Development Ministry Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
During
the meeting in Beijing, they pledged to make efforts to boost relations between
the two countries and their militaries, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Rajapaksa
is in China to attend the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace
Exhibition to be held in the southern city of Zhuhai where China is exhibiting
its defence equipment including its new attack helicopter and fighter jets.
Liang
visited Colombo in September this year, becoming the first Chinese Defence
Minister to visit the island.
Later,
top Chinese Communist Party leader, Wu Bingguo visited the island during which
16 agreements had been signed focusing on infrastructure development in Sri
Lanka including USD 760 million aid to help the island nation to become
"Asia's miracle".
