COLOMBO, March 12, 2015 (AFP) - Narendra Modi (pic) begins the first official visit by an Indian premier to Sri Lanka in nearly three decades Friday, looking to reassert New Delhi’s influence over Colombo after its drift towards China.
Only weeks after Sri Lanka’s newly-elected leader Maithripala Sirisena made India his first port of call as president, Modi will hold talks with a range of top government officials in Colombo on Friday.
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