Eastern Container News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka must use its ports and strategic location for its economic growth, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said while expressing

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Sri Lanka must use its ports and strategic location for its economic growth, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday while expressing regret over scrapping of the country's trilateral deal with India and Japan to develop the Colombo Port's Eastern Container Terminal. World News | Sri Lanka Must Use Its Ports for Economic Growth: President Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka is strategically located at the crossroads of major shipping routes important to India and Japan and urgently needs help resolving its debt crisis.

Beijing scores again in Sino-Indian ‘game of ports’ | 2021-11-25 13:59:00

Share: Colombo (News 1st); Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told a conclave over the weekend that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision relating to Sri Lanka is a long-term one. “We will unequivocally stand by Sri Lankan Tamil communities to ensure equality, equity, peace, and development. It has been reinforced through the devolution of power through the 13th Amendment,” he said. “Tamil Nadu has directed its attention towards Tamil communities residing in Sri Lanka. It remains the same when considering the fishermen’s woes,” said Dr. Jaishanka...