AA Edit | Delhi’s ties with Colombo see promising new turn

The visit of President Ranil Wickremasinghe last week to New Delhi was not of the customary meet-and-greet variety.

AA Edit | Crisis-hit Sri Lanka sends confusing signals to India

Lanka’s role in strategic China-Pakistan-Lanka axis while seeking aid from India leads to suspicion over whether it is playing clever games

The one thing that is in Ranil’s favour is his experience in government, which could come in handy as IMF negotiators may feel comfortable

A way must be found out of the impasse that is only hurting as the nation is in a chaotic situation already

Being pro-India and pro-West as Wickremasinghe was seen to be, he was always bound to be suspect in the eyes of Sinhala hardliners.

The importance of mutual ties may have been made obvious in the long meeting between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Ranil Wickremasinghe.

The vulnerability of the minorities was stressed as Muslim shops and residences were burnt in the central hill district of Kandy.