The Indian High Commissioner slammed a Chinese envoy for accusing India of interfering in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, saying that Sri Lanka did not need “unwanted pressure” while it dealt with its economic crisis.
India and China were at odds over the docking of a Chinese research ship in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port for replenishment on Aug. 16, which India had strongly opposed due to security concerns.
On Aug. 26, Chinese envoy Qi Zhenhong wrote in the Sri Lankan Guardian that Sri Lanka’s decision to approve the Yuan Wang 5’s port call should not be hampered by “external obstruction.”
In his piece, Qi mentioned that Sri Lanka had “overcome aggression from its northern neighbor 17 times” and “colonization by the west for 450 years.”…