Lanka Looks for Indian and Muslim Support to Get Over UNHRC Hump 3 crucial decisions
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has urgently taken three major decisions with an eye on getting the support of India and the Muslim states in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva where a vote is to be taken later this month on a resolution castigating it for human riots violations and alleged war crimes.
For starters, Sri Lanka established a Secretariat for a Trilateral Maritime Security System which had been proposed by a conference of National Security Advisors at the instance of the Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in November 2020. The Lankan government had been dragging its feet on this issue, as it has good relations with China, the emerging power in the Indian Ocean with growing economic stakes in Sri Lanka.
Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal presented by the Port Minister to develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) of the Colombo Port on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis for a period of 35 years as a public-private partnership with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ Consortium) and its local representative John Keells Holdings PLC (APSEZ Consortium), and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Cabinet approval granted on 01.02.2021 to develop the West Container Terminal in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and parties nominated by Indian and Japanese Governments, and also to appoint a Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committee and a Project Committee to evaluate the proposals in this regard.
Sri Lanka has blamed the Adani Group for the collapse of the tripartite memorandum of cooperation (MoC) signed in May 2019 with Japan and India to jointly develop the East Container Terminal (ECT) at Colombo Port, citing lack of flexibility shown by the Indian firm in “adhering to the key financial clauses” set by the .
Sri Lanka blames Adani for collapse of East Container Terminal deal
March 02, 2021
Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group×
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Sri Lanka has blamed the Adani Group for the collapse of the tripartite memorandum of cooperation (MoC) signed in May 2019 with Japan and India to jointly develop the East Container Terminal (ECT) at Colombo Port, citing lack of flexibility shown by the Indian firm in “adhering to the key financial clauses” set by the island nation, according to Cabinet documents.