Not long after the start of the war two years back, Ukrainians came up with a cheeky term for the kind of dissimulated concern and vacuous solidarity offered up by self-interested groups and politicians. They called it “Macronity,” for the idea of support from a distance found its neat encapsulation in the pity pouts and winces of the grief-heavy French President Emmanuel Macron. Macro talk, micro results.
Sri Lankan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya has expressed his desire to work in partnership with India, aiming to become a developed nation by 2047.