NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India and China traded insults over their diverging interests in Sri Lanka, after a controversial Chinese scientific research ship called at the island nation despite New Delhi's security concerns. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - India and China traded insults over their diverging interests in Sri Lanka, after a controversial Chinese scientific research ship called at the island nation despiteSri Lanka"needs support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies to serve another country's agenda", the Indian embassy in Colombo said on Twitter late on Saturday , referencing the ongoing political and economic turmoil the nation is already battling after defaulting on its debt for the first...
"External obstruction based on so-called 'security concerns' but without any evidence from certain forces is de facto a thorough interference into Sri Lanka's sovereignty and independence," the Chinese mission wrote. The Hambantota port that the vessel stopped at has been plagued by controversy, with the Sri Lankan government having to borrow heavily to construct it.