India-Sri Lanka strengthen ties, revive maritime dialogue in 2020 despite COVID-19
President Gotabaya s administration has emphasised that its India-First policy, which resonates well with India s Neighbourhood First policy.
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PM Narendra Modi shakes hands with Sri Lanka s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. (Photo| Shekhar Yadav, EPS) By PTI
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s powerful Rajapaksa dynasty consolidated its grip over power, with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s elder brother Mahinda becoming the prime minister in 2020 - a year which witnessed strengthening of Colombo s ties with New Delhi and revival of a key trilateral maritime dialogue involving India after a gap of six years.
Sri Lanka s powerful Rajapaksa dynasty consolidated its grip over power, with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s elder brother Mahinda becoming the prime minister in 2020 - a year which witnessed strengthening of Colombo s ties with New Delhi and revival of a key trilateral maritime dialogue involving India after a gap of six years. The high hopes of an economic revival that accompanied the Rajapaksas return to power turned into despair soon after the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the island in mid-March, plunging it into the worst financial crisis. President Gotabaya s administration has emphasised that its India-First policy, which resonates well with India s Neighbourhood First policy, would be the cornerstone of Colombo s outreach to New Delhi.
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India-Lanka Strengthen Ties, Revive Maritime Dialogue Despite Pandemic In 2020
Sri Lanka s powerful Rajapaksa dynasty consolidated its grip over power, with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s elder brother Mahinda becoming the prime minister in 2020 - a year which witnessed strengthening of Colombo s ties
Sri Lanka s powerful Rajapaksa dynasty consolidated its grip over power, with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s elder brother Mahinda becoming the prime minister in 2020 - a year which witnessed strengthening of Colombo s ties with New Delhi and revival of a key trilateral maritime dialogue involving India after a gap of six years.
The high hopes of an economic revival that accompanied the Rajapaksas’ return to power turned into despair soon after the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the island in mid-March, plunging it into the worst financial crisis.