Ranil, Wimal at Beijing forum

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa are in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum.

The conference in Beijing on 17-18 Oct. marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) championed by Xi Representatives from many developing countries, notably from Latin America and Africa, are expected to attend the summit.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry recently declared that President Vladimir Putin, too, was due to attend the Forum on a rare trip abroad.