Sri Lanka PM says previous regime played China against India

netlife007 · Jan 19, 2015

netlife007 · Jan 19, 2015

Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has said that the new government will take an even-handed approach and balance its relations with the two friendly neighbors China and India.

In an interview with the NDTV of India, Prime Minister Wickremasinghe has said that his government will redress the pro-China tilt of the previous regime under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who has played the China card to India and the West.

"President Rajapaksa's regime tried to play China against India and India against China but it came a cropper," NDTV quoted Mr. Wickremasinghe as saying.

During the Rajapaksa years, China invested an estimated $6 billion in Sri Lanka, some of it in strategic infrastructure projects like ports and airports, irking India.

The Sri Lankan PM has said that the new government will be scrutinizing all such foreign contracts.

"We are looking into all foreign contracts and local ones, and where there is corruption we will certainly ensure we take action whether it be Chinese or any other country," the PM told NDTV.

Mr. Wickremesinghe said the government is reviewing the Colombo Port City project launched during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Sri Lanka last year.

"Because we have not yet seen the feasibility study and the environment impact assessment. I asked when I was with the opposition, in Parliament, but the government didn't help. Therefore we will have to look into the environmental and feasibility aspects," he said.

netlife007 · Jan 19, 2015

Whenever a government changes in US, for eg: republicans to democrats visa verse, I never seen they give out sate secrets.

බල්ලා කොතන ගියත් බල්ලාම තමයි. පලි ගැනීම ඇර ඌට වෙන මොනම දෙයක්වත් නැහැ. රට පාවලා දිලා හරි ඌ පලී ගනි.
මෙතන තමයි සිංහලයාට වැරදුනේ.

netlife007 · Jan 20, 2015

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chathu05 · Jan 20, 2015

netlife007 said:
Whenever a government changes in US, for eg: republicans to democrats visa verse, I never seen they give out sate secrets.

බල්ලා කොතන ගියත් බල්ලාම තමයි. පලි ගැනීම ඇර ඌට වෙන මොනම දෙයක්වත් නැහැ. රට පාවලා දිලා හරි ඌ පලී ගනි.
මෙතන තමයි සිංහලයාට වැරදුනේ.