Sri Lanka Signals Exit from MOC with India on Colombo Port Indian High Commission opposes Lankan bid
COLOMBO: Reacting to signals from the Sri Lankan government that it is opting out of the May 2019 trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between Sri Lanka, India and Japan to build and run the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port, the Indian High Commission said on Monday that it expects all parties to adhere to the MOC.
“ I would like to reiterate the expectation of the Government of India for the expeditious implementation of the trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed in May 2019 among the Governments of India, Japan and Sri Lanka for the development of ECT with participation from these three countries,” a statement issued by the spokesman of the High Commission said.
Posted on January 31st, 2021
Courtesy India Today
Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday denied selling, leasing out or coming into any sort of an agreement with a foreign country over the Eastern Container Terminal.
espite reports of the Sri Lankan cabinet clearing the trilateral Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) project between Sri Lanka, Japan and India, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday denied selling, leasing out or coming into any sort of an agreement with a foreign country over the Eastern Container Terminal.
Speaking to the media on Sunday, when asked about the ECT trilateral agreement with India and Japan, PM Rajapaksa said in Colombo, “There is no issue. We have not sold or leased this to anybody. This is under our control. If the trade unions came and spoke to me, I would have told them this. But, they are aware of this.”
Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday denied selling, leasing out or coming into any sort of an agreement with a foreign country over the Eastern Container Terminal.
The vaccination drive against COVID-19 got underway yesterday at six selected hospitals in the Western Province. Frontline health workers and military personnel were the first to receive the Oxford AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine. A nurse at the Colombo National Hospital receiving the jab. Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja.
By Norman Palihawadana
Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday asked the government not to appoint any more committees to delay action against those responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks. He made this statement after visiting a number of churches in Colombo and the suburbs yesterday.
The Cardinal said that the government had time till 21 April to take action against the perpetrators of the attacks and Catholics will take to the streets if their request went unheeded.
“We won’t be fooled again. Please, don’t try to mislead us. The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on Easter Sunday attacks took 18 months to submitted its report. There is no need to delay to act on its recommendations. If taking action, based on this report, is delayed further it is an indication that there is no law in this country.”