COLOMBO/NEW DELHI — India’s quest for energy stakes in Sri Lanka has exposed a foreign policy litmus test for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a neophyte in geopolitics.
New Delhi has set its sights on developing an energy hub in Trincomalee, the world’s second-deepest natural port, along the northeast coast of the strategically located island. The jockeying comes in the wake of China’s plans for a multibillion dollar oil refinery in Hambantota, a port along Sri Lanka’s southern coast built with Chinese loans and now under Chinese control.
