Sri Lanka's new president reshapes country's post-crisis future

On November 18, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced that the country's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will visit India in mid-December.

Mr. Dissanayake, leader of the National People's Power Party (NPP), won the Sri Lankan presidential election held on September 21 with 42.31% of the votes. (Source: News on Air)

On this occasion, President Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an effort to improve and expand Sri Lanka's diplomatic relations with the international community.

In April 2022, Sri Lanka declared its first public debt default since gaining independence from Britain in 1948. The financial crisis forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign in 2022 amid civil unrest.

India later provided about $4 billion in assistance to Sri Lanka to help it recover after it defaulted on more than $51 billion in foreign loans.

While in opposition, Mr Dissanayake expressed his reservations about some of New Delhi's projects, particularly sustainable energy projects run by the Adani Group.

During his election campaign, Mr. Dissanayake pledged to scrap those projects if elected to power, claiming that they were harmful to Sri Lankan interests.

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