Chinese President has refused to land at Mattala

 Wednesday, 17 September 2014 

The “Air China” flight with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping onboard arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday (16) at the Bandaranayake International Airport.

Although initial reports predicted that the Chinese President would be landing at the newly built Mattala international Airport, according to the report submitted by the Chinese President’s security service regarding the status of the Mattala Airport, it has later been decided that it would be dangerous to land Mr. Jinping’s plane on to Mattala. Hence the Chinese President has decided that it would be safe to mark his point of entry in to Sri Lanka through Katunayaka Airport.

The interesting fact behind this move is that it was China who had literally “built” the Mattala International Airport in the first place. After landing at Mattala, it had been preplanned for the Chinese President to take the Southern Expressway (which is also a Chinese Construction) in order to arrive in Colombo. However, it has also been discovered that the Southern Expressway too, was a dangerous route to take due to its low-quality construction.

Though the Chinese President declared the third phase of the Chinese built Norochcholai coal power plant yesterday, the first two phases of the Plant are still running on a continuous break down pattern.

However, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa went to BIA to welcome the Chinese leader, who is the biggest lender of Sri Lanka.
-theindependent-