Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to fast-track a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery in its southern port city of Hambantota.

Sri Lanka and China did not mention the end of the former's moratorium on visits by foreign research vessels but indicated commitment to ‘maritime cooperation’.

Sri Lanka's foreign policy has often been slammed for its lack of consistency, but rarely have such sentiments been voiced by those in power. Recently, Prime Minister Harini Nireka Amarasuriya acknowledged these shortcomings,

Sri Lanka is crucial for China’s growing geopolitical ambitions in the Indian Ocean Region. This is bad news for India.

As China refines its strategy on the Indian Ocean island, it is posing a significant challenge to Japan’s long-held influence in Sri Lanka.

In Beijing, officials and diaspora members attended flag unfurling ceremony in the embassy premises. India's Ambassador to China Pradeep Rawat read out the important parts of the President's speech

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec

It was the latest thaw in relations between the two countries, whose troops were involved in deadly skirmishes high in the Himalayas in 2020.

Sri Lanka’s foreign policy has often been slammed for its lack of consistency, but rarely have such sentiments been voiced by those in power. Recently, Prime Minister Harini Nireka Amarasuriya acknowledged these shortcomings,

India’s stability in a world order that is in violent flux will augur well for the country’s development journey, and strengthen our already resilient economy

About 90 per cent of China’s trade is by sea, including 80 per cent of energy and 60 per cent of gas, and almost 60 per cent of all its trade moves through the Malacca Strait, making the dilemma acute

Hours after a phone call between the two US President Donald Trump has said that Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to visit the