Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Describing New Delhi as a "close associate" and a "trustworthy friend" of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday thanked India for the financial assistance it extended to the island nation when it reeled under an unprecedented economic crisis last year. World News | Sri Lankan Speaker Abeywardena Thanks India for Help During Financial Crisis, Says 'you Saved Us'.