China seeks urgent meet with Sri Lankan authorities over ship's visit

On July 12, amid the political turmoil in Sri Lanka, the then government approved the Chinese vessel's docking at the Hambantota port

China’s embassy in Colombo has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said.

The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel Yuan Wang 5 was scheduled to dock at the Hambantota Port from August 11 to 17, weeks after Sri Lanka witnessed a major political turmoil following massive mass protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. A ‘third-person’ note from Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry to the Chinese embassy in Colombo dated