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Insight South Asia | 'Indians Don't Get That Sri Lanka is a Sovereign Country'

India must take the Sri Lankan president at his word that Colombo will not allow its territory to be used against New Delhi.
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India must take Sri Lankan President Anura Kumar Dissanayake at his word that Colombo will not allow its territory to be used against New Delhi even as he secures a nearly $4 billion investment from China to build an oil refinery in Hambantota, journalist Nirupama Subramanian tells Amit Baruah.

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