Admiral Karannagoda met Admiral Thipathi at the inauguration of the Galle Dialogue. Against the backdrop of Sri Lanka’s long standing relationship with China, the US and India have relentlessly harassed post-war Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is trapped in an Indo-Pacific strategy that does not take into consideration individual nations’ policy. Perhaps Trump’s extreme actions may influence India to rethink its strategy in Colombo where New Delhi unjustly interfered in Sri Lanka relations with China. The Japanese Embassy declared that their first Official Security Assistance ( OSA) for Sri Lanka signified that bilateral cooperation in security has entered a new phase.