DC Edit | Diplomatic win for India
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Diplomatic win for India

Deccan Chronicle  

India scored a diplomatic victory in persuading Sri Lanka not to allow the Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 to berth in the Hambantota port as scheduled this week. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe may have seen the logic behind India’s security concerns when it came to allowing a spy ship with space and satellite tracking capabilities so close to India. It may have been an easy enough decision for the pro-West, pro-India leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, in sharp contrast to the Rajapaksa brothers whose pro-China policies led Sri Lanka into an economic cul de sac. In the last eight years, Sri Lanka had not allowed Chinese submarines and naval ships berthing facilities even if the Hambantota port itself was given over to China on a 99-year lease in December 2017.

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Padma Rao Sundarji | Hobson’s choice: India ‘tilt’ by Anura draws Lanka flak
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Padma Rao Sundarji | Hobson’s choice: India ‘tilt’ by Anura draws Lanka flak

Deccan Chronicle  

The bilateral relationship between Sri Lanka and India surges and ebbs tempestuously, and interest in the island nation’s affairs has grown in India. And yet, few Indian reporters covering Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake’s first state visit to New Delhi recently, ventured beyond lazy, umbrella headings like “the fishermen’s issue”, the “Tamil question” and the “China conundrum”, in their analyses …

DC Edit | India, Sri Lanka head to a win-win relationship
4 weeks ago

DC Edit | India, Sri Lanka head to a win-win relationship

Deccan Chronicle  

All the signs are pointing to the possibility of a major win for India’s foreign policy as the meeting between Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Narendra Modi went off swimmingly. The swivel away from China and a new direction in restoring old civilisational ties with India may have come not only because of the leadership change …

Shame on India for its coercion of Sri Lanka: China Daily editorial
11 months, 1 week ago

Shame on India for its coercion of Sri Lanka: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Some Indian media outlets seemed irrepressible when they reported "India beats China in diplomatic duel" earlier this week, referring to an Indian Navy submarine visiting Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, on the weekend, shortly after the island country suspended its reception of Chinese research ships under New Delhi's pressure. To begin with, New Delhi has been smearing China's marine research …

Why Sri Lanka allowed a Chinese vessel to dock at Colombo port despite Indian objections
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Sri Lanka allowed a Chinese vessel to dock at Colombo port despite Indian objections

India Today  

On Wednesday, October 25, despite India’s concerns, Sri Lanka allowed Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 to dock at Colombo port. Sri Lankan authorities allowed the Chinese ship to dock, despite Sri Lanka president Ranil Wickremesinghe's assurances to prime minister Narendra Modi during his visit in July that the island nation would take care of India's security and strategic concerns. …

Sri Lanka allows a Chinese research ship to dock as neighboring India’s security concerns grow
1 year, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka allows a Chinese research ship to dock as neighboring India’s security concerns grow

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Chinese research ship docked at a Sri Lankan port on Wednesday, likely adding to neighboring India’s concerns about China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean. China has been trying to expand its influence in Sri Lanka, which is located on one of the world’s busiest shipping routes in what India considers part of its strategic …

AidData Report Warns of a Chinese Naval Base in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port
1 year, 3 months ago

AidData Report Warns of a Chinese Naval Base in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

The Diplomat  

A recent report by AidData, a research lab at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, claimed that China might establish a naval base in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port in the next two to five years. The AidData report, titled “Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases,” identified eight locations where China …

China research ship requests Sri Lanka port call
1 year, 4 months ago

China research ship requests Sri Lanka port call

The Hindu  

China has requested permission for a research ship to dock in Sri Lanka, Colombo said on August 22, following a visit by a spacecraft-tracking vessel last year that sparked security concerns from India. Last year, India raised concerns over a Sri Lanka port call in Hambantota by Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5, which specialises in spacecraft tracking and which …

How China's absence in Sri Lanka's economic meltdown creates strategic opening for India
1 year, 4 months ago

How China's absence in Sri Lanka's economic meltdown creates strategic opening for India

Firstpost  

China, not quite an iron brother of Sri Lanka’s like Pakistan, surprisingly stayed in the wings during Colombo’s economic meltdown last year, creating strategic space for New Delhi. During Sri Lanka’s first sovereign default in April 2022, approaching IMF for bailout of $3 billion and the rescue efforts including debt treatment China preferred to stay out allowing India to take …

How India has revamped its approach to engage with Sri Lanka amid China's growing presence in the Indo-Pacific Region
1 year, 5 months ago

How India has revamped its approach to engage with Sri Lanka amid China's growing presence in the Indo-Pacific Region

Firstpost  

India’s accelerated overtures to Sri Lanka in the past few years are emblematic of its engagements in the wider Indo-Pacific Region Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India on 20-21 July came at a time when the ties between the two neighbours have been in flux for the past few years. India’s strategic engagements with Sri Lanka gained traction …

DC Edit | Delhi's ties with Colombo see promising new turn
1 year, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Delhi's ties with Colombo see promising new turn

Deccan Chronicle  

It was more than symbolic that Sri Lanka should propose a land bridge to connect with India. Having suffered at the hands of the debt trap diplomacy of China and in the aftermath of the serious economic strife that gripped the island last year when the Rajapaksas were forced to unceremoniously exit from power, Sri Lanka may now be looking …

Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ re-enters Indian Ocean
2 years, 1 month ago

Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ re-enters Indian Ocean

The Hindu  

Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ has re-entered the Indian Ocean in what coincides with a planned Indian long-range missile test, between December 15-16. In a similar incident last month, another vessel ‘Yuan Wang 6’ had entered the Indian Ocean Region coinciding with a planned Indian missile launch, but the launch was then deferred. According to the maritime vessel-tracking portal …

Between India and China — Sri Lanka’s survival strategy
2 years, 3 months ago

Between India and China — Sri Lanka’s survival strategy

The Hindu  

There are limits to influence. Only those unfamiliar with Sri Lankan approaches would have believed that $4 billion in Indian assistance to Colombo at a time of economic collapse would have prompted President Ranil Wickremesinghe to deny China a berth for its tracking vessel, Yuan Wang 5, at the port of Hambantota. In a rare intervention, last week President Wickremesinghe …

Lanka needs support, not \'unwanted pressure\', says India slamming China over spy ship
2 years, 4 months ago

Lanka needs support, not \'unwanted pressure\', says India slamming China over spy ship

Deccan Chronicle  

Colombo: India on Saturday hit back at China for alleging that it was "interfering" in Sri Lanka's internal affairs, firmly telling Beijing that what Colombo needs now was "support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies" to serve another country's agenda. Hinting at India's objection to the docking of Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang 5' at the …

Indian mission in Sri Lanka slams Chinese Ambassador’s remarks on vessel visit
2 years, 4 months ago

Indian mission in Sri Lanka slams Chinese Ambassador’s remarks on vessel visit

The Hindu  

Sharply reacting to recent remarks of the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, on the controversial visit of a Chinese military vessel from August 16 to 22, the Indian mission in Colombo said they “violated basic diplomatic etiquette” and “gave away” the purpose of the vessel’s visit. India’s uncharacteristically direct response referring to the diplomat and China came a day after …

Chinese satellite-tracking ship, docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, leaves after controversial visit
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese satellite-tracking ship, docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, leaves after controversial visit

India TV News  

Chinese ship leaves Sri Lanka: The high-tech Chinese research ship, which was docked in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port despite India's reservations, left the country. The Chinese ship arrived in the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 16 at 8:20 am local time. It said no rotation of personnel would take place during the port call and the Sri …

Countering China’s Indian Ocean push
2 years, 4 months ago

Countering China’s Indian Ocean push

Hindustan Times  

Well before the Sri Lankan government did a U-turn on its decision to defer a visit to Hambantota port by the Chinese surveillance vessel Yuan Wang 5, the feeling in New Delhi was that Colombo would not be able to stand up to the pressure from Beijing on this issue. However, the problem – from the perspective of New Delhi …

Chinese ship visit | India knows our situation: Sri Lanka
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese ship visit | India knows our situation: Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Amid concerns over the arrival of Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ to Sri Lanka, the country’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernado said, in Ahmedabad, on August 20, that he hoped it would not cause a major diplomatic row as India understands its situation. Mr. Fernado said China has made a lot of investment in Sri Lanka and has been "understanding its …

A Chinese Ship at Hambantota: A reality check for India-Sri Lanka relations
2 years, 4 months ago

A Chinese Ship at Hambantota: A reality check for India-Sri Lanka relations

Live Mint  

The Chinese surveillance ship Yuan Wang 5 has finally berthed at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port after waiting at sea for a few days owing apparently to Indian pressure on Sri Lanka to prevent the visit, also referred to as ‘the threats of big powers’. New Delhi would certainly have explained to Colombo how allowing the ship to berth at a …

We monitor all developments: Jaishankar on Chinese vessel in Lanka
2 years, 4 months ago

We monitor all developments: Jaishankar on Chinese vessel in Lanka

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India carefully monitors all developments in its neighbourhood, such as the visit of a Chinese tracking vessel to Sri Lanka, that have implications on national security. He was speaking a day after the Yuan Wang 5, a vessel used by China’s People’s Liberation Army to track satellites and ballistic missiles, arrived …

India monitoring Chinese vessel docked in Sri Lanka; Chinese envoy to Colombo says 'This is life'
2 years, 4 months ago

India monitoring Chinese vessel docked in Sri Lanka; Chinese envoy to Colombo says 'This is life'

India Today  

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that New Delhi was monitoring “very closely” the developments in the neighbourhood. The response was to a question on the Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang 5 having docked in Hambantota port in Sri Lanka despite India raising objections. This comes a day after the Chinese ship docked at the port after …

Chinese spy ship at Hambantota: Why is there a strong pro-China, anti-India lobby in Sri Lanka?
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese spy ship at Hambantota: Why is there a strong pro-China, anti-India lobby in Sri Lanka?

Firstpost  

Indians are more peeved at the Sri Lankan reaction than possibly the Chinese action. Maritime tryst Sri Lanka’s maritime tryst with China is mistakenly dated back to the two Hambantota deals of the past two decades — the first one a construction-cum-concession contract when war-victor Mahinda Rajapaksa was President, and the other, granting a 99-year-lease to China when present incumbent …

'Ungrateful' Sri Lanka Must Realise It Can’t Run with The Indian Hare And Hunt with The Chinese Hounds
2 years, 4 months ago

'Ungrateful' Sri Lanka Must Realise It Can’t Run with The Indian Hare And Hunt with The Chinese Hounds

News 18  

The Sri Lankan government’s predicament and its inability to refuse the docking of a Chinese spy ship at the Hambantota Port speaks a lot about its fast-losing grip on the island country to Beijing’s sturdy influence. If only Sri Lanka had understood the reason behind India’s refusal to develop Hambantota port, if only Colombo would not have been lured by …

China says its high-tech ship docking at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port doesn't affect any country
2 years, 4 months ago

China says its high-tech ship docking at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port doesn't affect any country

India Today  

China on Tuesday said the activities of its high-tech research vessel will not affect the security of any country and should not be "obstructed" by any "third party," as the ship berthed at Sri Lanka's strategic southern port of Hambantota amid Indian and US concerns. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the ship 'Yuan Wang 5' has “successfully berthed” …

Why docking of Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Sri Lanka port is dangerous for India
2 years, 4 months ago

Why docking of Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Sri Lanka port is dangerous for India

India Today  

China's 'dual use spy' vessel Yuan Wang 5 docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on Tuesday despite objections raised by India. On July 12, Sri Lanka's foreign ministry had first cleared the arrival of Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota Port. However, the Chinese vessel's visit to Hambantota Port, initially scheduled for August 11 and 17, was deferred after India raised …

Chinese navy ship docks in Sri Lanka, stokes worry in India
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese navy ship docks in Sri Lanka, stokes worry in India

Associated Press  

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — A Chinese navy vessel arrived at a Beijing-built port in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, after its port call was earlier delayed due to apparent security concerns raised by India. Sri Lanka has referred to the Yuan Wang 5 as a “scientific research ship,” but there are fears in India that the vessel could be used …

Chinese Envoy to Lanka Grows Nervous, Forces Smile as Reporters Question Spy Ship Arrival Delay
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese Envoy to Lanka Grows Nervous, Forces Smile as Reporters Question Spy Ship Arrival Delay

News 18  

Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong grew uncomfortable when reporters questioned him regarding the delay in spy vessel Yuan Wang-5’s arrival at the Hambantota Port. Shortly after the spy ship arrived on Tuesday, Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong reached Hambantota Port with other officials. In a video released by Sri Lankan news outlet NewsFirst LK on its …

Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port

The Hindu  

China’s satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 on August 16 arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota Port, despite India and the U.S. voicing concern with Colombo over the military ship’s visit. Hours after the vessel reached the Sri Lankan port, China said the “marine scientific research” activities of the vessel were “consistent with international law” and did not impact “any …

Chinese research ship arrives in Sri Lanka despite India, US concerns
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese research ship arrives in Sri Lanka despite India, US concerns

India Today  

As scheduled, Yuan Wang 5, a tracking and satellite support vessel, reached Hambantota port in Sri Lanka despite India’s objection to putting the ship in Lankan waters. The Indian Government had earlier raised security concerns based on input the Yuan Wang 5 was to assist Chinese spy satellites over the Indian Ocean from August to September. As the Chinese research …

Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang 5 Docks at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port Amid India’s Concerns
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang 5 Docks at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port Amid India’s Concerns

News 18  

Sri Lankan news agencies reported that the Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang 5 reached the Hambantota Port on Tuesday morning. The Yuan Wang 5 spy ship has become a political headache for Sri Lanka as India and its allies oppose the ship’s docking at the sea port. The port is of strategic importance to India as it considers the Indian …

Chinese ship arrives in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port despite India, US concerns
2 years, 4 months ago

Chinese ship arrives in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port despite India, US concerns

Firstpost  

The Yuan Wang 5 was allowed to dock on the condition it will not carry out any research while in Sri Lankan waters, port officials said following consultations with India, the US and China. Hambantota : A Chinese research vessel entered Sri Lanka’s Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday despite concerns from India and the United States about its …

Will the Chinese ship, which has arrived at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port, spy on India?
2 years, 4 months ago

Will the Chinese ship, which has arrived at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port, spy on India?

Firstpost  

A Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5, will dock at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port from 16 August to 22 August. The Chinese research vessel “Yuan Wang 5” will dock at Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka from 16 August to 22 August. According to the Belt & Road Initiative Sri Lanka, the ship will conduct satellite control and research tracking …

China silent on details of talks with Sri Lanka as 'spy' ship set to dock at Hambantota port
2 years, 4 months ago

China silent on details of talks with Sri Lanka as 'spy' ship set to dock at Hambantota port

India Today  

China on Monday said Sri Lanka has allowed its satellite and missile tracking ship to berth at the Hambantota port on Tuesday, but declined to reveal details of talks with Colombo leading to the bankrupt island's government reversing its earlier stand to defer the high-tech vessel's entry. “As you said, Sri Lanka has given Yuan Wang-5 the permission to berth …

China silent on details of talks with Sri Lanka as its high-tech vessel set to dock at Hambantota port
2 years, 4 months ago

China silent on details of talks with Sri Lanka as its high-tech vessel set to dock at Hambantota port

The Hindu  

China on Monday said Sri Lanka has allowed its satellite and missile tracking ship to berth at the Hambantota port on August 16, but declined to reveal details of talks with Colombo leading to the bankrupt island’s government reversing its earlier stand to defer the high-tech vessel’s entry. “As you said, Sri Lanka has given Yuan Wang-5 the permission to …

Explained | Why is the visit of a Chinese vessel to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port controversial?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why is the visit of a Chinese vessel to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port controversial?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 13, Sri Lanka approved the arrival of a Chinese satellite-tracking vessel to its southern Chinese-funded Hambantota port. An official statement said the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister firmly backed the ‘One China Policy’ that President Wickremesinghe earlier endorsed. China reacted strongly after Sri Lanka, following concerns voiced by India, requested China to defer the visit …

Sri Lanka permits Chinese ship to dock after postponement
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka permits Chinese ship to dock after postponement

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Chinese research ship will be allowed to dock in a Sri Lankan port after a days-long delay apparently because of concerns raised by India. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said in statement Saturday that the Yuan Wang 5, which had been scheduled to dock last Thursday in the southern Hambantota port, will now arrive Tuesday and …

Sri Lanka gives nod for docking of Chinese ship at Hambantota
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka gives nod for docking of Chinese ship at Hambantota

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on Saturday cleared the arrival of Chinese space and satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 on August 16 at the southern Hambantota port, a day after New Delhi reiterated its security concerns over the vessel’s visit earlier scheduled on August 11. India “carefully monitors any development having a bearing on its security and economic interests”, MEA spokesperson Arindam …

Chinese 'spy' ship to dock at Sri Lanka port despite India's concerns
2 years, 5 months ago

Chinese 'spy' ship to dock at Sri Lanka port despite India's concerns

India Today  

Sri Lanka's government granted permission on Saturday for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite neighbouring India's concerns that it could spy on New Delhi's military installations, officials said. READ | Mystery over Chinese ‘spy’ vessel Yuan Wang 5 continues The Yuan Wang 5 was originally due to call at Sri Lanka's Chinese-run Hambantota port on August …

Sri Lanka Grants Permission to Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang-5 to Dock at Hambantota: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka Grants Permission to Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang-5 to Dock at Hambantota: Report

News 18  

Sri Lanka has granted permission to Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang-5 to dock at the Hambantota Port, Sri Lankan news outlets reported. According to a report by TimesOnline LK, the Sri Lankan government gave the approval to the Yuan Wang-5 ship to dock at the Hambantota Port on Friday. The docking of the spy ship will embarrass the Sri Lankan …

Avoid unilateral action to alter Taiwan status quo, says India
2 years, 5 months ago

Avoid unilateral action to alter Taiwan status quo, says India

The Hindu  

India on August 12, 2022 indirectly called upon China to not alter the "status quo" around Taiwan, and cautioned that the current situation should not lead to any "unilateral action". Addressing the weekly press briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi refrained from spelling out India's clear position on the 'One China' policy but conveyed the impression that India's …

Sri Lanka’s Moment of Reckoning: Time to Choose Between Indian Humanitarian Ships, Chinese Spy Vessels
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Moment of Reckoning: Time to Choose Between Indian Humanitarian Ships, Chinese Spy Vessels

News 18  

Sri Lanka has been passing through an unprecedented crisis. China’s indifference to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, partly caused by predatory Chinese loans to Colombo, seemed to show its declining interest in the island nation. Recently, it was announced that Yuan Wang 5, a high-tech Chinese spy ship, would dock at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port. The fact remains that …

Sri Lanka asks China to postpone ship visit after India protests
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka asks China to postpone ship visit after India protests

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi fears its bigger and more powerful rival China will use Hambantota port as a military base in India’s back yard. Sri Lanka says it has asked China to defer a planned visit of a Chinese ship to the island country after initially approving its arrival this week, yielding to diplomatic pressure from neighbour India to keep the military …

China asks India to stop ‘disturbing’ exchanges with Sri Lanka, says opposition to ship visit is ‘senseless’
2 years, 5 months ago

China asks India to stop ‘disturbing’ exchanges with Sri Lanka, says opposition to ship visit is ‘senseless’

The Hindu  

Reacting strongly to Sri Lanka’s request to delay the visit of a tracking vessel that was due to arrive on August 11 and had aroused India’s concerns, China on Monday described India’s opposition to the visit as “unjustified” and “morally irresponsible”, and “urged” New Delhi to “not disturb normal exchanges” between the two countries. The View from India | A …

Chinese Ambassador meets Ranil on vessel visit to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port
2 years, 5 months ago

Chinese Ambassador meets Ranil on vessel visit to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port

The Hindu  

The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka met President Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 6 to discuss the scheduled arrival of a Chinese vessel at the southern Hambantota Port this week, an official source in Colombo familiar with the development told The Hindu, days after India raised concern with Mr. Wickremesinghe. Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong reportedly sought the meeting with Mr. Wickremesinghe, …

China seeks urgent meeting as Sri Lanka defers docking of high-tech vessel: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

China seeks urgent meeting as Sri Lanka defers docking of high-tech vessel: Report

The Hindu  

China’s embassy has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said. The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ was scheduled to dock at the Hambantota Port from August …

Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of spy vessel at Hambantota
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of spy vessel at Hambantota

India Today  

Days after India raised objections to a Chinese dual-use spy vessel, Yuan Wang 5, arriving at Hambantota port on August 11 and staying there until August 17, Sri Lanka asked China to defer the visit of the spy ship. In a letter to the Chinese embassy, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry wrote, “The ministry wishes to request that the arrival …

China seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lanka over 'India's concerns'
2 years, 5 months ago

China seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lanka over 'India's concerns'

India TV News  

Highlights China sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities Lanka earlier sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel Lanka's decision came after India expressed its concerns Sri Lanka crisis: China's embassy in Colombo has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking …

Chinese ship to dock in Hambantota port only for 'refuelling': Sri Lankan minister
2 years, 5 months ago

Chinese ship to dock in Hambantota port only for 'refuelling': Sri Lankan minister

India Today  

A high-tech Chinese research ship, which is expected to dock at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port next week is only seeking "refuelling and replenishment" facilities and Colombo will not do anything to harm the good understanding and trust existing with New Delhi, a senior minister has said. The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel 'Yuan Wang 5' is visiting Hambantota …

Sri Lanka relents, asks China to defer ship visit
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka relents, asks China to defer ship visit

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship, following objections from India, official sources said on Friday. The Yuan Wang 5 is en route from the Chinese port of Jiangyin and due in the Chinese-run Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 11, according to analytics website MarineTraffic. In a written request, the Sri Lanka …

India miffed at Colombo for allowing PLA satellite tracker ship in Hambantota
2 years, 5 months ago

India miffed at Colombo for allowing PLA satellite tracker ship in Hambantota

Hindustan Times  

Under the cloak of a research and survey vessel, a Chinese Space and Satellite Tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 is headed towards China leased port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka on August 11 despite serious objections from Indian Navy. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe with Chinese President Xi Jinping A Luyang class guided missile destroyer with Type 071 Landing Platform …

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