PRIME Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said that Sri Lanka was keen to have good relations with India, indicating that the new government will attempt to balance the past regime’s China-centric foreign policy.

“It’s a new chapter in Sri Lankan politics itself. Therefore, we should have close relations with India,” Wickremesinghe said at his first interaction with the media after his United National Party (UNP) won Monday’s general election by defeating former Mahinda Rajapaksa-led United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA).

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