By Jamila Najmuddin
Colombo, February 12: Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Adm.Jayanath Colombage has told Xinhua that Chinese investments will create job opportunities for locals and that Sri Lanka is keen on reaping the benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative.
“Sri Lanka will also look to boost local production in order to join the global supply chain,” he said in a recent interview to the Chinese news agency.
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, Sri Lanka closed its borders in March last year in order to prevent a further spread. Since then, its tourism industry has suffered severe setbacks with a halt in tourist arrivals.
In order to revive the economy, Colombage said, Sri Lanka will pay more attention to the ocean as he believed…