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Colombo, February 17: Sri Lanka s Energy Minister, Udaya Gammanpila, claimed on Wednesday that the Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Baglay, has agreed that a Joint Venture should be established to manage all the 84 oil tanks in Trincomalee and that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) should be the majority shareholder with the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) as the other shareholder. We were able to discuss and resolve all the issues with the Indian High Commissioner, Gammanpila said. He commended High Commissioner Baglay for being flexible and putting aside the conditions set in the agreement signed in 2017.
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Sri Lanka Cancels Colombo East Container Terminal Deal With India Under Trade Unions Pressure, Offers Better Alternative
by M R Subramani - Feb 3, 2021 10:33 AM
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Facebook)
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On 28 January, Colombo Portâs 23 trade unions, backed by over 220 unions across the island nation, began a protest against the project being given to foreign companies.
However, a Chinese company, backed by the Xi Jinping government, operates an international container terminal at the Colombo harbour adjacent to the Eastern Container Terminal.
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka has scrapped an agreement to develop a strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo port with help from India and Japan.