India's foreign minister becomes the first such dignitary to visit Sri ...
Oct 4, 2024 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Friday in the first such visit of a dignitary since a new government took office in the island nation last month, amid questions over how Dissanayake would balance between regional powers China and India.
Sri Lankan president's visit to India signals growing economic and ...
Jul 21, 2023 · NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka and India signed a series of energy, development and trade agreements on Friday, signaling growing economic ties between the neighboring countries.
India, Sri Lanka agree to boost economic and energy ties
Jul 21, 2023 · The leaders of India and Sri Lanka have agreed to improve their countries’ economic and energy ties, as well as consider building a land link between them.
Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy
Apr 9, 2024 · Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy. Indian Prime Minister Modi claims the former Congress government sneakily gifted Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka....
India backs Sri Lanka to secure IMF bailout plan amid crisis
Jan 20, 2023 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India’s foreign minister said Friday his country has given financial assurances to the International Monetary Fund to facilitate a bailout plan to help neighboring Sri Lanka emerge from its worst economic crisis, in a first formal announcement from one of the island nation’s creditors.
India seeks to win public trust in crisis-hit Sri Lanka - BBC
For the past 15 years, India and China have vied for favourable diplomatic and trade relations with Sri Lanka thanks to its strategic location in the Indian ocean.
Insight: India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long …
Dec 28, 2022 · Now, as Sri Lanka closes in on a $2.9 billion loan deal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its economy stabilises, India is seeking to land ambitious long-term investments, with...
India, Sri Lanka agree to boost ties through energy, power and …
NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) - India and Sri Lanka said on Friday that they had agreed to improve economic ties by increasing cooperation in renewable energy and studying the feasibility of...
India to ‘encourage greater investments’ in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Jan 20, 2023 · India has told Sri Lanka it is committed to boosting investment in its debt-ridden neighbour to help pull it from its worst economic crisis in seven decades.
Sri Lanka crisis: Is India gaining over China in island nation?
Jul 19, 2022 · Sri Lanka is in the midst of a deep and unprecedented economic crisis that has sparked massive protests, and forced its president to quit after fleeing the country. Over the years, Sri Lanka...