COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka has been scrambling to patch up frayed ties with Beijing ahead of the arrival of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday for a two-day official visit. Relations have been strained since late last year due to a dispute over a shipment of organic fertilizer.
International relations
Sri Lanka settles $6.9m fertilizer bill with Chinese supplier
President Rajapaksa's tussle with Beijing ends just before Wang Yi's visit
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, left, was apparently eager to settle a dispute over an unpaid bill for fertilizer with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. (Nikkei montage/AP/Reuters)
Read Next
Latest on International relations
