Key Points
New Delhi: Another Chinese vessel the second in 14 months has docked in Sri Lanka amid growing concerns in India about Beijings increased activity in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)...
In August 2022, Chinas Yuan Wang 5 had sailed into Hambantota, which was leased to China in 2017 as part of Sri Lankas efforts to pay off its debt to Beijing...
While Sri Lanka had referred to Yuan Wang 5 as a scientific research ship, several media reports at the time called it a dual-use spy ship...
The particular permission is very clear, Fonseka said.. Hindustan Times had reported earlier this month that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had raised the issue of the ship with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe...
It quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Wickremesinghe is considering Indias request to not allow Chinese Survey and Research Vessel Shi Yan 6 to undertake a joint military scientific research with the island nations National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) in Sri Lankas Exclusive Economic Zone...
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