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India plans Sri Lanka power project after China’s is shelved

2022-03-30 09:16:33       source:The Associated Press

March 29, 2022


COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India signed an agreement to set up hybrid power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands Tuesday in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean.


India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who was visiting Colombo, witnessed the signing along with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Peiris, the Indian embassy said.


In December, China announced it was suspending its own plan to build power plants on three Sri Lankan islands due to security concerns.


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