China Pledges More BRI Cooperation as Sri Lanka Swears in New Leader

Sri Lanka's president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, gestures upon his arrival at the Election Commission office in Colombo on September 22, 2024, after his victory in the country's presidential election. Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president on Monday, after winning a rare second-round election over the weekend.

The Marxist-leaning leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People’s Liberation Front) party won on a ticket of economic reconstruction and fighting corruption as the country deals with the fall-out of an economic collapse in 2022.

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