For years, China has been trying to expand its influence in Sri Lanka, an island off India's southeast coast that the government in New Delhi considers part of its strategic backyard. Dissanayake ...

India was pushing back in other ways too, granting neighbours relief from covid-19 and from debt problems linked to Chinese ...

NEW DELHI: As he prepares to receive India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar this week, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met Indian high commissioner Santosh Jha who conveyed India ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived in Delhi on Sunday for his three-day State-visit to India, his first overseas visit after assuming office. "Warm and special welcome!

President Dissanayake sat across the table from President Xi, looked him in the eye, and in his second reference within seconds (he’d got it right in his first) called the People’s Republic of China ...

one month after Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made India his first overseas trip since winning election last September. The support of the two regional powerhouses — and rivals ...

The cooperation with India will certainly flourish and I ... Read Also Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Appoints Harini Amarasuriya As 16th Prime Minister,... "The strength of our ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to bolster ties with India Monday on his first overseas visit as head of state, with a red carpet welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Dissanayake, who was elected president in a narrow win in September's presidential election, created history for his National ...

President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri ...

BEIJING (AP) — Sri Lanka and China signed a series of cooperation agreements on Wednesday following talks between their leaders, one month after Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Beijing, Jan 10 (IANS) At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara ... reported. Dissanayake had last month visited India, his first ...