Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe (C) delivers a speech at the 9th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers Meeting Plus in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 23, 2022.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, who is attending the ninth ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus in Cambodia, held talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday at the latter s request.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (L) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Li Xiaowei/Xinhua)
Sri Lanka and China vowed here Wednesday to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors between the two countries including the military.
The pledge came after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe.
During the meeting, the Sri Lankan president, who is also the defense minister, thanked China for providing long-term and precious support to Sri Lanka and hoped to learn the governing experience from the Communist Party of China on poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, among others.