Asian Affairs - October 2024

In this issue

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made his position clear in an interview earlier in September, before his election.
‘We don’t want to be sandwiched between China and India. Both are valued friends, and we expect them to become closer partners.’
Outlining his pragmatic approach, he said at his oathtaking ceremony, ‘We need international help – so whatever geopolitical fractures exist around the globe, we will not be afraid to engage all in the best interest of Sri Lanka.
We will work with the world.’
Speaking at a forum organised by the Asia Society in New York, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said, ‘We stepped forward when Sri Lanka was facing a very deep economic crisis, and frankly, when no one else did.
I’m very glad we did it, and we did it in a timely and substantial manner. We provided 4.5 billion dollars in effective support.’
Replying to a question, he made it clear that ‘what happens
politically in Sri Lanka, that’s for their politics to work out… This
is a real world; countries adjust to each other and find ways of
working it out,’ Jaishankar explained.

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