New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Sri Lanka is facing "enormous challenges" and thus the island nation's relationship with India should be devoid of "parochial thinking", said its Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa on Tuesday, while asserting that "we need to think anew and think afar".

Addressing a gathering at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) here, he also said Sri Lanka at all times will work towards ensuring the national security interests of India, a "superpower that should have its rightful place in the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member".

Premadasa emphasised that it is "our sincere belief" that the Sri Lanka-India relationship should be seen as "an opportunity and not as a threat".

It is an opportunity to attain mutual benefit, to attain prosperity, an oppor

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