Sri Lanka: Where from here India relations?
N Sathiya Moorthy
11 September 2015
Analysis
In spite of the change-over to an 'India-friendly' Government in Sri Lanka, a sense of dejavu hangs in the air as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe makes New Delhi his first overseas destination since assuming office in January - and legitimised through a popular mandate last month. India has no real role now and possibly later, too, on the crucial ethnic issue while on CEPA, the least focussed one just now, local constituencies have been assured that PM Ranil "will not decide upon or discuss" it with counterpart Narendra Modi. In between hangs the fishing issue and the China factor, which too seems to be moving along the indecisive non-course.
N Sathiya Moorthy
11 September 2015
Analysis
In spite of the change-over to an 'India-friendly' Government in Sri Lanka, a sense of dejavu hangs in the air as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe makes New Delhi his first overseas destination since assuming office in January - and legitimised through a popular mandate last month. India has no real role now and possibly later, too, on the crucial ethnic issue while on CEPA, the least focussed one just now, local constituencies have been assured that PM Ranil "will not decide upon or discuss" it with counterpart Narendra Modi. In between hangs the fishing issue and the China factor, which too seems to be moving along the indecisive non-course.