Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has hailed the global initiatives proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping as exactly what the currently tumultuous world needs.
Gunawardena made the statement while on an official visit to China in late March. Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Gunawardena during the six-day visit.
At the meeting with the Chinese president, Gunawardena said Sri Lanka is willing to continue to work with China to carry forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, deepen Sri Lanka-China friendly relations, promote joint Belt and Road construction, expand cooperation in economy, trade, education, tourism, poverty reduction and other fields, strengthen communication and cooperation on international and multilateral affairs, and promote the establishment of a community with a shared future for Asia and a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Global Development Initiative, first proposed by President Xi in 2021, aims to steer global development toward a new stage of balanced, coordinated and inclusive growth. Xi later put forward the Global Security Initiative in 2022 and in March last year announced the Global Civilization Initiative.
"Each country perhaps has had something special. But all of us getting together can make an entire region, entire continent into these three areas that President Xi Jinping mentioned a success. It's a deep philosophy that has been announced more than the letters of agreement. This is a deep philosophy, we understand, it is what the world needs. We don't want half of the world to be starving or another sector of the world to be dying every day because of issues in relation to land or their independence. It's a new world that we are aspiring to. Everyone wants peace. Peace in a much more deeper form can be also achieved, strengthened and safeguarded by achieving high results of economic growth for all," said Gunawardena recently in Shanghai in an exclusive interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Xi-proposed global initiatives are "deep philosophy": Sri Lankan PM
