Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday assured that the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port will not be sold or leased out to any foreign country.

Prime Minister Rajapaksa made this assertion speaking to the media on Sunday from his ancestral home Carlton House, in response to a question raised by a journalist regarding the ongoing controversy in the country that the operations of the Eastern Terminal (Jetty) of the Port will be handed over to two companies in India and Japan and the trade union actions.

“Of course, the opposition has nothing to blame in this regard. We will not give it to anyone. Not for sale or lease. It is under our control. I think the unions know that too,” he said.

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