The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, and prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, denied discussing the signing of an economic agreement with India during Mr Wickremesinghe's recent visit to New Delhi.
"CEPA has never been discussed nor was it taken up recently," Mr Sirisena was quoted by the government's official news site as saying.
"People with parochial political agendas kept talking about it and the media gave them prominence. We haven't done anything to make CEPA a reality."
"Our foreign policy is to build healthy relations with all countries," he said.
Mr Wickremesinghe further added that he never went to India to sign CEPA.
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"CEPA has never been discussed nor was it taken up recently," Mr Sirisena was quoted by the government's official news site as saying.
"People with parochial political agendas kept talking about it and the media gave them prominence. We haven't done anything to make CEPA a reality."
"Our foreign policy is to build healthy relations with all countries," he said.
Mr Wickremesinghe further added that he never went to India to sign CEPA.
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