Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded his week-long, five-nation tour of East Africa and Indian Ocean states on Sunday in Sri Lanka, where he held talks with Prime Minister Malina Rajapaksa and his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The politically sensitive issue of debt relief topped the agenda during Wang’s meetings with the ruling family. Sri Lanka’s economy is grappling with a foreign exchange crisis brought on by surging import bills, a slowing economy, and rising debt servicing costs.
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