India Sri Lanka Relations

Playing big brother: How India is providing timely aid as Sri Lanka battles its worst economic crisis

India has been extending financial as well as humanitarian assistance to the ailing island nation. From a $1.5 billion line of credit to providing more than 2,70,000 tonnes of fuel, the Narendra Modi-led government has stepped up

Repairing ragged edges of India-Sri Lanka ties may take more work than meets the eye

President Rajapaksa despite his reassuring words to India, has not endeared himself to India in his actions

As Sri Lanka moves closer to China, what does this mean for India and its interests?

Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New Delhi’s concerns in the matter.

Viewing India-Sri Lanka ties through prism of power game with China is reductive, overlooks countries' civilisational connect

It is now commonplace to view India-Sri Lanka bilateral ties through the lens of New Delhi’s great power game with Beijing.

India will have warm words for Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajpaksa, but China's cash will talk louder

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit to New Delhi comes in amidst the greatest assertion of Chinese power across the Indian Ocean since the 15th Century

India's muddled South Asia policy: Latest Pakistan saga is symptom of New Delhi's lack of long-term strategy

An understanding of how India is (correctly or incorrectly) viewed by its neighbours, tempered with an acceptance of how the neighbourhood views China is imperative in the formation of a pragmatic foreign policy for the region

Xi Jinping and China's growing ambition requires India to quickly re-examine its neighbourhood policies

The recent past witnessed three disparate events that raised the same question: How well-prepared is India to meet the threat from China, its northern neighbour?

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 16 Tamil Nadu fishermen near Katchatheevu, seizes boats for fishing close to island nation

At least 16 Indian fishermen have been arrested and their four fishing trawlers seized for allegedly fishing in Sri Lanka's territorial waters near Katchatheevu islet

Sri Lanka rejects China's request to dock submarine in Colombo: Strategic realignment or a one-off?

Sri Lanka has rejected China's request to dock a submarine in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi landed in the island nation for a two-day visit

'Warm welcome by a close neighbour': Sushma Swaraj calls on Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Friday, the first day of her two-day visit to this island nation