Why Connectivity Remains Central to India-Sri Lanka Ties
India has given insufficient weight to it in domestic policies and policy implementation.
A general view of Colombo Port City construction site, which is backed by Chinese investment, in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
Connectivity is much talked about in the context of regional integration and bilateral relations. For example, India proposed it as the theme for the Fourteenth SAARC Summit held in New Delhi in 2007. But insufficient weight is given to it in domestic policies and policy implementation.
Trade and people-to-people contacts are the ultimate manifestations of connectivity between countries. But infrastructure is what makes them possible.