Sri Lanka brings back offer of developing deep-sea port to India and Japan

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Sri Lanka will offer a strategically located deep-sea port to India and Japan, as the island seeks to balance traditional ties against China's rising influence in region

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Container ships are pictured docked at the Colombo South Harbor, funded by China, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 26, 2016.

But Colombo reversed course on Tuesday, offering the West Container Terminal , which is yet to be built and located on the other side of the Chinese-run jetty known as the Colombo International Container Terminal . The government blamed trade unions calling for local instead of foreign development for last month’s abrogation of the East Container Terminal, which will now be completed by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

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