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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake listen to the national anthems of their countries together during Modi's welcoming ceremony at Independence square in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 5, 2025. — Reuters
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During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, India on Saturday acquired defense and energy deals with neighboring Sri Lanka, which was seen as a move to counter China’s growing influence in the region.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dasnaik prepared a red carpet for Modi and awarded the country’s most civilized honor for the “Deep Personal Friendship” shown to a small neighbor.
“We believe that our security interests are attached,” Modi said during a television ceremony from Dasanaik’s office in the capital.
“Our security is dependent on each other and linked to each other.”
The five -year Defense Cooperation Agreement provides the training of Sri Lankan military personnel in India as well as the partnership with Information and Technology.
Dasanaik praised him, which he called India as a global power, not only as a regional power.
He added, “I have reaffirmed my post before Prime Minister Modi that no one will be allowed to use Sri Lanka’s territory to harm India’s security.”
Earlier, India has objected to Chinese submarines and research ships that have called to the main port of Colombo.
Sri Lanka has not allowed Chinese submarines to dock since 2014, when India has raised concerns on two such trips.
Last year, after New Delhi’s allegations, Colombo banned foreign research ships that Chinese ships were being used to spy on India.
On Saturday, Dasanaik welcomed Modi-first foreign honorees after meeting Colombo, since the leftist leader participated in power last year -19 with a gun salute.
To balance China
The two leaders also celebrated the construction of a 120 MW solar power project, developed as a joint venture between the two countries.
The solar plant, which is located in the northeastern Trankomley district of the island, was stopped for years but was restored by the backdrop of New Delhi.
Modi’s visit came to light when Colombo is tied to the competitive interests of New Delhi and Beijing.
India has become concerned about China’s influence in Sri Lanka, which it falls under its own interests.
Dasanaik’s first foreign visit was in New Delhi in December, but he followed it in January with a visit to Beijing, which identified Sri Lanka’s critical balance act.
China has emerged as Sri Lanka’s largest only bilateral borrower, which has more than half of its $ 14 billion debt debt when the island is defaulted on its own sovereign debt in 2022.
Beijing was also the first person to reorganize Sri Lanka with his debt, which helped the island pave the way for the island to emerge from its worst economic deterioration.
In January, Colombo announced that it had signed an investment agreement with a Chinese government -owned company to invest 7 3.7 billion in an oil refinery south of the island.
The deal will be Sri Lanka’s largest foreign investment and is considered important for economic recovery.
After Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, a summit in Thailand and a series of meetings with neighboring countries began when it tried to advance India’s regional relations.
On the sidelines of the Bangkok Baketic meeting-Grouping of seven countries on Gulf Bengal-Moody met with Myanmar’s Jinta Chief, Man Ang Healing, a rare face to face.
He also held talks with the interim leader of Bangladesh, Mohammed Younas on Friday. The first meeting after the revolution in Dhaka, forcibly ousted New Delhi’s Sheikh Hasina for a long time and sent relations to a tail spin.
India was the biggest helper to Hussein’s government, and the overthrow was forced to visit China’s first visit to China last month.
Modi met his Nepalese counterpart, KP Sharma Oli in Bangkok on Friday – who was his first meeting after returning to OLI last year – as well as Bhutan’s Tobagay.
