No role of Indian government in deciding the investor for WCT: SL Foreign Minister Ali Sabry

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister MUM Ali Sabry has said that in the case of Western Container Terminal (WCT) of Colombo port, the Indian Government had no role as far as deciding the investor was concerned and it was a matter internal to Sri Lanka. He elaborated the detailed timelines in the development of the WCT where Sri Lanka, India and Japan were involved in a trilateral



arrangement initially. 

The minister said that in early 2021, Sri Lanka had decided to go ahead with the development on its own, after which Adani group had expressed interest in development of ports in Sri Lanka. He said that Sri Lankan government then had negotiated the necessary agreement with Adani group.