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India open to additional $2-bn aid for Sri Lanka with eye on China: Report

Sri Lanka, hit by its worst economic crisis since independence and on the brink of its first debt default, has been asking friendly nations including India and China for credit lines, food and energy

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Protestors shout slogans against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo (Photo: Reuters)

Reuters Mumbai/New Delhi
India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources told Reuters, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years.

Sri Lanka, hit by its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 and on the brink of its first debt default, has been asking friendly nations including India and China for credit lines, food and energy. The Asian giants have already committed billions of dollars in financial support.

"We are definitely looking to help them

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