Chinese Envoy Attends Former Sri Lankan PM's FuneralA Chinese special envoy attended the state funeral held Saturday for Sri Lanka's late woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who passed away on election day Tuesday, at her ancestral home in Horagolla, 40 kilometers northeast of Colombo.He Luli, vice chairman of the Chinese National People's Congress Standing Committee, was among high-level officials from a number of countries at the funeral, accompanied by Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Jiang Qinzheng. The special envoy and her 11-member entourage arrived here on Friday evening. |
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