Shiyan 6, a Chinese research vessel on an 80-day expedition, entered Colombo port Wednesday. This comes a year after China’s Yuan Wang 5, a ‘spy’ vessel, sailed into Hambantota.
In exclusive interview to ThePrint on sidelines of Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka, Sri Lanka's Ports, Shipping & Aviation minister said 'must ensure India's security is not threatened by anybody'.
ThePrint is reproducing Qi Zhenhong's article on the docking of Yuan Wang 5, which the Indian high commission in Colombo slammed as lacking 'basic diplomatic etiquette'.
China has made a larger point about the power shift in Indian Ocean region by docking the missile and satellite tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota Port.
Sri Lanka’s ‘Sunday Times’ identified a police officer as a source for NYT’s 2018 investigation into Hambantota port, but US paper said it was ‘incorrect’.
We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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