SL says no deal to restart Chinese port project

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has yet to resolve a dispute with China over a $1.4 billion development in Colombo despite a state visit to Beijing last week, a minister said on Monday.
New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended the Chinese-backed construction of a “port city” in the capital following allegations that environmental clearances had not been obtained.
Some reports had indicated the project would go ahead following Sirisena’s three-day visit to Beijing last week. But Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera said the president had not discussed the project with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.