“Indian Territory will not be Used for Anything Harmful Against Sri Lanka, nor Sri Lankan Territory Used Against India.”

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been in and out of power since the 1990s. In 2015, he teamed up with Maithripala Sirisena and Chandrika Kumaratunge to oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa from power. Since then however, Wickramasinghe and the President have had a rocky relationship, disappointing many supporters in Sri Lanka. Our Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale caught up with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister in Hanoi, where he was to attend the 3^rd Indian Ocean Conference recently. Excerpts:Read More…