China, India urged to increase investments in Lanka
Sri Lanka has asked China and India to undertake huge investments in
the country taking advantage of its strategic location that would
economically benefit both the countries.
Sri Lanka is looking to China and India to be investment leaders in
the island nation, Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment
Promotion Sarath Amunugama said while speaking to a Chinese business
delegation.
He said the island nation was centrally located as a trans-shipment
hub to the Middle East, the subcontinent, the far East and Australasia.
Investors in Sri Lanka would benefit from the advantages accorded to
Sri Lankan enterprises under the Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement and
the GSP agreement with the European Union, Amunugama said while
recalling over five decades of close relations between Sri Lanka and
China.
The minister said the Norochcholai coal power plant being built with
Chinese assistance will reduce the cost of electricity in Sri Lanka. The
15-member Chinese business delegation, accompanied by the Chinese
Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ye Dabo, held a long meeting with Amunugama and
senior trade officials on ways to expand economic cooperation.
The delegation represented Chinese companies in mining, automobile
assembly, communications equipment manufacturing, trading, household
appliances, light industry and consumer goods who are interested in
investing in Sri Lanka.
Economic Times
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