By: Staff Writer July 16, Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces are becoming increasingly important in the strategic calculations of regional powers as economic, maritime and energy interests converge around the island’s northern coastline. A region once viewed mainly through the lens of post-war recovery is gradually being repositioned as a key space within the wider Indian Ocean framework. For years, the regional influence …
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