China remains a steadfast partner: Sri Lankan deputy minister

COLOMBO, June 8 (Xinhua) — “China is one of the friendliest countries to Sri Lanka, and we hope that this friendship will last a long time,” Prasanna Gunasena, deputy minister of transport and highways, told Xinhua on Friday during an inspection of the Port Access Elevated Highway project in Colombo.

Gunasena, accompanied by Director General of the Road Development Authority K.W. Kandambi, representatives of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), and senior officials from the Ministry of Transport and Highways, visited the site to review progress on what is set to become the longest bridge in Sri Lanka…..| read more on News.cn