Key Points
The Chinese research vessel, 'SHI YAN 6', is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka in October for marine research activities..
Sri Lanka sees both India and China as important partners in its external debt restructuring, as it owes $3 billion to China among its total bilateral debt of $7.1 billion.ANI..
Sri Lanka is currently processing a request by China to allow a research ship to dock in the country, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, a year after a visit by a Chinese spy vessel to the Island nation raised security concerns in India..
In August last year, a similar visit by the Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship, 'Yuan Wang 5', which arrived in the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota elicited strong reactions from India...
The negotiations for Sri Lanka's external and domestic debt restructuring must be concluded by September, the time for the International Monetary Fund's review of its USD 2.9 billion bailout extended in March this year...
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