To lease the southern Hambantota port, Ranil says.

Sri Lanka will sign a deal with China on Saturday to lease the southern Hambantota port, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet earlier this week cleared a revised agreement for the Chinese-built port after terms of the first pact sparked widespread public anger in the island nation.

“We will sign the Hambantota agreement tomorrow [Saturday]...We are giving the country a better deal without debt,” Mr. Wickremesinghe told reporters on Friday.