On the morning of April 27, 2023, Professor Jayanath Colombage from the University of Colombo and Professor Zhu Ying from Southwest University of Political Science and Law visited our university. Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law Studies Lu Lu, Associate Professor Zhang Yue from the School of Law and some faculty and student representatives expressed their warm welcome to the arrival of Professor Colombage and Professor Zhu Ying. The two sides met in the conference room of Jiulong Lake Hotel.
Professor Colombage expressed his honor to visit Nanjing and shared with the audience the achievements of Sino-Spanish Belt and Road cooperation and his vision for future development. In the meeting, he introduced the new changes brought by the construction of Belt and Road to the southern region of Sri Lanka with the example of Hambantota Port, and then analyzed the change of attitude of major countries along the route towards the Belt and Road initiative, and presented his views on the development of international human rights. He then analyzed the changes in the attitude of major countries along the route towards the Belt and Road Initiative and presented his views on international human rights development.
During the meeting, Prof. Colombage also interacted and discussed with students and faculty members on related topics. Professor Colombage believed that disputes over maritime cargo transportation could be solved in various ways, and as an important hub of the Maritime Silk Road, Sri Lanka is committed to building a diversified dispute resolution mechanism.