Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi during a meeting with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (not pictured) in Colombo on Oct 9, 2020. Wang Wenbin stressed that China and Sri Lanka are traditionally friendly neighbours. - AFP
BEIJING (Xinhua): A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday (Oct 28) refuted certain US officials' move to force small and medium-sized countries to pick sides.
"It is so typical of some US officials to force small and medium-sized countries to pick sides," said Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson, when commenting on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Sri Lanka. Prior to his visit, it was reported that the United States might ask the south Asian nation to make difficult choices on its relations with China.
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