When it becomes a reality, it will stand beside the Colombo port, which serves as a major transshipment hub for India. More importantly, Sri Lanka is a member-country of the Belt and Road Initiative. Deeper tiesChina-funded infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka may look great, but India-Sri Lanka ties are deeper and more complex. Also, New Delhi should sustain its interest on developmental issues concerning the hill country Tamils, regarded as the most backward in Sri Lanka. As once stated by the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, “Our aid is not to raid or invade”.

Source: The Hindu September 29, 2019 18:45 UTC