International relationsSri Lanka's India ties strained as Rajapaksa rethinks port deal
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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, left, has appointed a committee to examine concerns about the East Container Terminal project at Colombo Port. Critics charge the project is an attempt to distance Sri Lanka from India, led by Prime Minister Modi. (Nikkei Montage/Source photo by AP/Getty Images/Rie Ishii)
MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing writer
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's strong ties with neighboring India are being tested after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that his government is reviewing a port deal worth millions of dollars that was signed between the previous Sirisena government and New Delhi.