Firm support for Sri Lanka

President Hu Jintao made the pledge yesterday during a-hour meeting with his counterpart from Colombo following the attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa District, which injured many people including the ambassadors of the United States, Italy and Germany.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang also expressed China's support for the Sri Lankan government in yesterday's regular press briefing, saying China has been closely following the situation there and hoped peace and stability would return to the country as soon as possible.