FILE-Commanders of the security forces stand behind as Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addresses a gathering after he was sworn in at the Sri Lankan President's Office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept.23, 2024. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP, File)

FILE - Then Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, center, watches the land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean for the Colombo Port City project, part of China's One Belt One Road Initiative, on the Galle Face sea promenade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Sri Lankan port workers hold a Chinese national flag to welcome Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5, bristling with surveillance equipment, as it arrives in Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes then Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe before their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

FILE -Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves as he leaves from the election commission office after winning Sri Lankan presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

FILE - People wait in a queue with empty cylinders to buy domestic gas at a distribution center, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi, center left, greets his then Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa, during a ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Feb. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

FILE - China's President Xi Jinping, left, waves as he walks with then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa upon arrival at the airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)