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Swati Bhat and Aftab Ahmed

India open to additional $2 billion aid for Sri Lanka with eye on China - sources

FILE PHOTO: Drivers push their three-wheelers while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a Ceylon Ceypetco fuel station on a main road, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources told Reuters, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years.

Sri Lanka, hit by its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 and on the brink of its first debt default, has been asking friendly nations including India and China for credit lines, food and energy. The Asian giants have already committed billions of dollars in financial support.

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