Srilanka, Feb. 14 -- On the sidelines of the World Government Summit in the United Arab Emirates, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a meeting with Alibaba Group Co-Founder and Chairman Joseph C. Tsai on Wednesday(12).

During the discussion, Tsai expressed Alibaba's readiness to support Sri Lanka's ambition of becoming a digital hub in the South Asian region. He emphasized Alibaba's expertise in digitalization and artificial intelligence and offered to share their knowledge with Sri Lanka to help achieve this goal.

President Dissanayake highlighted Sri Lanka's ongoing efforts to establish a digital economy, including the creation of a Ministry of Digital, and shared plans for launching a digital payment platform and training human...