COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the Chinese Communist Party maintain very close ties, said Sri Lanka’s Education Minister Professor G. L. Peiris on Wednesday (28).

“There is a streamlined program by the Chinese Communist Party to train our party members. I have attended an online program along with Basil Rajapaksa and SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam,” said the Minister.

Professor G. L. Peiris made these comments regarding the visit by Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe to Sri Lanka.

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