Indian mission in Lanka reacts sharply to China saying it violated basic etiquette

The Indian mission in Colombo on late Saturday evening reacted sharply to latest remarks of the Chinese language Ambassador to Sri Lanka, on the controversial go to of a Chinese language spy ship from August 16 to 22 and famous these “violated fundamental diplomatic etiquette” and “gave away” the aim of the vessel’s go to.

In a Twitter thread late on Saturday, the Indian Excessive Fee stated it had famous the remarks of the Chinese language Ambassador. “His violation of fundamental diplomatic etiquette could also be a private trait or reflecting a bigger nationwide perspective,” the Indian mission tweeted.

The Indian Excessive Fee additional stated: “Opaqueness and debt pushed agendas at the moment are a serious problem, particularly for smaller nations. Latest developments are a warning. Sri Lanka wants assist, not undesirable stress or pointless controversies to serve one other nation’s agenda.”

“His view of Sri Lanka`s northern neighbour could also be colored by how his personal nation behaves. I by how his personal nation behaves. India, we guarantee him, may be very completely different. His imputing a geopolitical context to the go to of a purported scientific analysis vessel is a giveaway,” it stated.

Chinese language Ambassador Qi Zhenhong wrote in Sri Lanka media about international locations “far or close to bullying Sri Lanka”. The Ambassador had additionally noticed that Sri Lanka overcame “aggression from its northern neighbour 17 instances”.

He had additionally linked U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go to to Taiwan with the “profitable” docking of Chinese language satellite-tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 within the southern Hambantota port, and argued for China and Sri Lanka “collectively safeguarding one another’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity”.