New Delhi: A Chinese ship with satellite and missile tracking facility has arrived at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port this morning. On August 15, China said Sri Lanka had allowed its satellite and missile surveillance vessel to arrive at its Hambantota port on Tuesday, but did not give details of that conversation with Sri Lanka.

At the same time, when this ship landed at The Hambantota Port, India had expressed concern for its national security to Sri Lanka, due to which Sri Lanka was delayed in allowing the Chinese ship to land at its port. Earlier, the ship was scheduled to arrive on August 11.

India expressed concern about its security

According to India, this ship was shown as a spy ship. The spy ship can map the sea floor, which is crucial for the Chinese Navy’s anti-submarine operations. This Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 was built in 2007, as a research and survey and has a capacity of 11,000 tons.

During this crucial visit to the major Sri Lankan port, it is likely to carry out satellite research in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean region, raising security concerns for India.

Sri Lanka has taken a loan from China

After the lease at Hambantota port, located about 250 km from Colombo, China built it against a loan given to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government struggled a lot to repay the loan taken from China, after which the port has been handed over to the Chinese on a 99-year lease and now the Chinese spy ship has landed at the Port of Sri Lanka.

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New Delhi: India and China today held the 16th round of military talks to resolve the ongoing issues related to conflict areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The meeting was held at Chushul Moldo point on the Indian side on the LAC. Earlier, talks between the two sides were held on March 11. The 15th round of negotiations lasted 13 hours, but there was no concrete outcome.

The Indian delegation was led by Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta today. He is the commander of the Leh-based 14th Corps. The Chinese team, however, was led by Major General Yang Lin, head of the South Xinjiang military district. In the new round of talks, India stressed on the early withdrawal of troops from all the remaining locations where the conflict still persists.

Apart from this, India also laid emphasis on resolving the issues of Depsang Bulge and Demchok.

He had discussed eastern Ladakh in his meeting with Yi in Bali on July 7. In the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, Jaishankar had also conveyed to Wang the need to resolve all outstanding issues in eastern Ladakh at the earliest.

The external affairs minister had emphasised on the withdrawal of troops from the rest of the regions and said it was necessary for the restoration of peace in the border areas. It may be mentioned that tensions between the armed forces of India and China have been prevailing in eastern Ladakh since May 2020.

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