Ports to UPI to green energy, India and Sri Lanka deepen economic ties

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India and Sri Lanka on Friday adopted a ‘vision document’ for a deeper economic partnership after talks between Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday. This is Wickremesinghe’s first visit to India since he assumed office a year ago after an economic crisis triggered widespread protests in Sri Lanka and forced his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to flee. India played a significant role in helping Sri Lanka tide over the crisis. After the talks, Prime Minister Modi said the vision document was aimed at accelerating “mutual cooperation in tourism, power, trade, higher education and skill...