BRIgeneratesuniversalopportunitiesforsharedprosperity:formerSriLankanambassadortoChina_GuangmingOnlineBRIgeneratesuniversalopportunitiesforsharedprosperity:formerSriLankanambassadortoChinaOverthepastdecade,advancingthejointconstructionoftheBeltandRoadhasinjectedmomentumintotheeconomicgrowthofparticipatingcountries,generatinguniversalopportunitiesforsharedprosperity,saidDr.PalithaKohona,formerSriLankanambassadortoChinainanexclusiveinterviewwithGuangmingOnline.SriLankawasoneofthefirstcountriestosignontotheBRI.Kohonanotedthatdrivenbytheinitiative,alargenumberofbilateralcooperationprojectshavebeenimplementedinSriLanka,providingindispensablesupportforthecountry'seconomicdevelopmentandimprovementofpeople'slivelihoods.TheHambantotaPortandtheColumboPortCityaretwoflagshipprojectsofChina-SriLankacooperationundertheBRI.Theformerisseeingbustlingshippinglogistics,withapproximately35,000shipspassingthroughiteachyear."ThefutureslooksgoodforHambantota.Itcouldonedaybecomethemaindistributionhubintheregion,contributingconsiderablytothedevelopmentofSriLanka,"Kohonasaid.Meanwhile,theColomboPortCitywillcontinuecreatingalargenumberofdirectandindirectjobopportunitiesforthelocalcommunity,henceboostingemploymentandimprovinglivesofthepeopleofSriLanka,hesaid.SpeakingofBRI’sinfluenceontheparticipatingcountries,KohonapointedoutthatthankstoBRIinvestments,manyparticipatingcountrieshavebuiltsuchinfrastructureaspowerplants,high-speedrailways,andairports."TheBRIhopestoachievesharedprosperity.Ithinkthetargetisbeingachieved,itwillbeachieved,andtheBRIisbigenoughforthat".Wehopethatallcountrieswillbenefitfromtheinitiative,Kohonasaid.“Itwillbegoodforhumanity.Andwe'relookingforwardtothedream,theobjectiveofaworldofsharedprosperity.”Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.