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JVP to link up with Chinese CP
The JVP is to sign an agreement on mutual co-operation with the Chinese Communist Party, enabling it to obtain political support and financial assistance from Beijing.

The agreement will be signed early next month during an official visit by a JVP delegation to China. The JVP has been invited by the Chinese government to attend a conference for Asian political parties.

The conference, to be held from September 3 to 5, will be attended by JVP leader Somawansa Amerasinghe and Nandana Gunatilleke. On the sidelines of this conference, the JVP will hold talks with the Chinese Communist party officials and sign the inter-party mutual cooperation agreement.

The Sri Lanka Communist Party which had attended this conference in the previous years, has apparently been overlooked this time. This is the first time the JVP has received an official invitation at diplomatic level.

The Sunday Times learns the JVP was keen to build relationships with China. Soon after the UPFA was elected to office in April, a JVP delegation met the Chinese Ambassador Funguo Xiang.
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