Opinion: India Has Managed Sri Lanka Well, But It Needs To Be Vigilant About Colombo

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with PM Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, Delhi, on Monday.

Source : PTI

Despite a tough and exigent neighbourhood in 2024, India can claim to close the year on a somewhat positive note with the successful visit of Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake earlier this week. This was President Dissanayake’s first visit abroad since coming to power after a sweeping victory in the September 2024 Sri Lankan presidential polls, against his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe. After a turbulent two years following the onset of the Aragalaya in 2022