斯里兰卡总理承诺延续与中国的投资关系_时事

斯里兰卡总理承诺延续与中国的投资关系

Sri Lanka’s controversial investment ties with Chinaare set to continue amid a broader push to attractforeign capital if the country’s current governmentprevails in Monday’s parliamentary election, PrimeMinister Ranil Wickramasinghe says.

斯里兰卡总理拉尼尔维克勒马辛哈(Ranil Wickremesinghe)表示，如果斯里兰卡现政府在周一的议会选举中获胜，将展开更大的努力吸引外资，斯里兰卡与中国之间备受争议的投资关系将延续下去。

The island nation’s reliance on infrastructurefunding from Beijing has caused alarm in both India and the west, where it is viewed as a signof creeping Chinese influence throughout south Asia.

这个岛国对中方基建资金的依赖，已引起印度和西方国家的警觉。在印度和西方看来，这种现象表明中国在悄悄扩大对整个南亚的影响力。

But Mr Wickramasinghe, a leader viewed as pro-western by most analysts, told the FinancialTimes that his centre-right United National party would continue to seek Chinese funds if itretained power.

但被多数分析人士视为亲西方领导人的维克勒马辛哈向英国《金融时报》表示，如果他所在的中右翼统一国民党(United National)能够继续掌权，该党将继续寻求获得中国的资金。

“We have told the Chinese, the Japanese and everyone else that all loans must be oncompetitive terms, he said. “But if there are other [new] investment projects...琠栀攀 Chineseor anyone else are free to come in, on terms set down by us.