Sri Lanka pauses foreign research vessels’ docking for a year – Times of India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has determined to impose a one-year moratorium in permitting overseas vessels to conduct analysis within the island nation’s territorial waters from January, overseas minister Ali Sabry has mentioned, amid frequent docking requests from Chinese language surveillance ships. The Sri Lankan authorities has communicated its resolution to the related nations, Sabry informed the Each day Mirror newspaper. The transfer comes within the wake of China in search of permission to berth one more analysis vessel in Sri Lanka’s waters in January, the report mentioned. China despatches its analysis/surveillance vessels to Sri Lanka commonly. In August this yr, a PLA navy warship arrived within the nation on a two-day go to. One other Chinese language analysis vessel docked on the Colombo port in October regardless of India’s objections.