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because the last time we went to Sri Lanka it worked out so well isn’t it? We are not an expeditionary force. The Americans have the naval expeditionary capability Because their doctrine is to keep wars off their soil. The Russians and Chinese likewise can be an expeditionary force over land...

Do we need military bases there when we already have our own islands doing the job in Andaman? Our aim is to keep Sri Lanka military-free. They can have their own forces (as long as they don't kill our fishermen), but PLA bases are a no-no. There is no guarantee, we might have to do a Ukraine on...

The way he's talking, it's almost like Sinhala is headed to becoming our 29th state. 22 million more people and $50 billion debt - no thanks. Not required.

Looks like the Lankans are really milking both us and the Chinese in a race against time. I am really disgusted and shocked by the fact that Rajapakse was never refused by the creditors for the remaining 80% of the sovereign debt that he took even if we accept China's complicity in their default.

I didn't know that Sri Lanka can auction off our fishing boats on this pretext. Can Sri Lanka auction Indian fishing boats?

Deal confirmed. 61 tanks will be developed with a 49% stake of Indian Oil in this deal. Another achievement for GoI vis-a-vis CCP. Apparently, there are 2 credit lines that we are arranging with the Lankans.

India & Sri Lanka to jointly develop Oil Farms in Trincomalee Harbour Word has it that India and Sri Lanka are going ahead with a 1987 deal to get going with the revamp of the oil tanker infrastructure at Trincomalee harbor in that country. This has spooked the CCP, who has dispatched a...

Even if we were a rich nation, the two countries would play us against China and them against us to gain leverage. You need to understand what while as modern nation-states they are in this position, neither of these countries were a civilizational state on their own except being extension of...

How the hell does a tropical island, with a majority of its economy being agrarian, and the rest being coastal, end up importing food? I mean SL does not even have enough population to cause a resource crunch. Is all their agriculture only towards rubber, tea and coffee? These materials are no...

We are the only country that sends forces for diplomacy when our fishermen constantly get attacked and pledge millions of dollars of aid for an aggressor instead of threatening aggressive action against any adventurism and once or twice doing them so that they think twice doing it second or...