I am glad to see that, the friendship and cooperation between our two countries has already became a cross-parties, cross-nations and cross-communities consensus in Sri Lanka. From Norochchorlai Power Station, Katunayake Airport Expressway, to the Southern Railway from Colombo International Container Terminal, Colombo Port City, to the Hambantota Port, all the mega-projects represent our joint efforts and a common goal of bringing more benefits to our two countries and the two peoples.

China has become the largest source of foreign investments, tourists out of the region, engineering contractors and foreign aid. Nowadays, China-Sri Lanka BRI cooperation has lifted our bilateral relations to a new level, and upgraded the economic and social features of Sri Lanka. In the history, we have friendly exchanges over one thousand years, the remarkable Rice-Rubber Pact, and excellent friendship between great leaders of our two countries such as Premier Zhou Enlai and Madame Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Secondly, for China-Sri Lanka relations, the friendship and cooperation is the 'Ray of Hope'.Ĭhina and Sri Lanka are good neighbors, good friends, and good partners. I would like to emphasize that, AG's Department has become a bridge connecting different legal cultures of our two countries, enabled us overcome the gap between different legal systems and created a better legal environment for the Belt and Road Initiative cooperation. I sincerely wish the AG's Department will play a greater role in the new era. Sri Lanka now are facing new opportunities and challenge, with fast development of politics, economics and society. In the past 135 years, AG's Department has been playing a key role in safeguarding the independence of the judiciary and the rights of citizens,which lays a foundation to the rule of law for the development of Sri Lanka, and wins appreciation and respect of the whole nation. On the occasion of the 135th anniversary of the establishment of the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka, I extend our warmest congratulations to you on behalf of the Chinese government. The theme of tonight is 'Ray of Hope',I would like to share with you my understanding from 3 different angles:įirstly, for a country, judiciary and 'rule of law' is the 'Ray of Hope'. (26th October 2019 at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo)

Rays of hope 2019