India scrambles to claw back ground in Sri Lanka after pro-China leader named PM

India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said.

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India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said. <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=m-peD52ZfOQ:xWvpsNq1fBw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=m-peD52ZfOQ:xWvpsNq1fBw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=m-peD52ZfOQ:xWvpsNq1fBw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=m-peD52ZfOQ:xWvpsNq1fBw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=m-peD52ZfOQ:xWvpsNq1fBw:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~4/m-peD52ZfOQ" width="1" /><br /> <br /> from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OXXAUN<br />