Srilanka, Oct. 5 -- It is becoming increasingly clear that President Dissanayake is following the missteps of late former President J.R. Jayewardene in his approach to international relations. Former President JRJ, always suspicious of Indian interests, attempted to hitch his government's policy to those of the US, in the belief the US and the West would stand by him in the event of relations breaking down with our giant neighbour.
JRJ forgot that markets determine big power support. When India forcibly air-dropped food supplies in the north during the ethnic conflict in this country, neither the US nor the West European countries condemned the move. India after all was a huge market for those countries.
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