China says Sri Lanka has benefited from Belt and Road Initiative after request to restructure country’s debt

18.01.2022

China has highlighted the benefits of its Belt and Road Initiative projects in Sri Lanka after the country’s president asked for debt restructuring.

In a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called on Beijing to help “restructure debt repayments as a solution to the economic crisis that has...