Sri Lanka signals shift in interest as Indian firm to jointly manage China-built airport close to strategic Hambantota port

Colombo, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian firm jointly taking over the management of China-built country’s second biggest airport in Hambantota – one of the hotspots of China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Sri Lanka – sends a strong signal of Colombo’s growing power shift to New Delhi from Beijing.

On Friday, the Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers gave the green light to…