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Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 docks at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port Port staff at Hambantota gave an enthusiastic welcome to the Yuan Wang 5, waving Sri Lanka and China flags, whereas the ship displayed a big banner studying: “Hello Sri Lanka.” However, the ship’s arrival seems to have aggravated tensions between New Delhi and Beijing, who’ve each spent billions of {dollars} on growth and offers with Sri Lanka, an island of twenty-two million those that sits on a key buying and selling route. The Yuan Wang 5 had initially requested permission to dock on the port final week, however the go to was delayed after issues had been raised concerning the ship’s presence, although India denied placing any strain on Colombo. China says the ship is used for scientific analysis, however the US Defense Department says the ship is below the command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and is able to monitoring satellites and missile launches. On Saturday, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry mentioned the federal government had engaged in “extensive” consultations with “all parties concerned” with a “view to resolving the matter in a spirit of friendship, mutual trust and constructive dialogue.” It mentioned the ship had been given permission to dock on the situation that no scientific analysis was carried out in Sri Lankan waters. What is the ship? The ship’s arrival on the Hambantota port was at all times going to be controversial — China leased the port from Sri Lanka in 2017 for 99 years after Colombo didn’t pay money owed associated to the development of the ability. At the time, the deal raised issues that it might give China entry to a key transport route, placing it inside India’s conventional sphere of affect. And the presence of a ship full of superior know-how has made Sri Lanka’s neighbors nervous. According to a US Defense Department report revealed final yr, the vessel is below the command of the PLA’s Strategic Support Force (SSF), “a theater command-level organization established to centralize the PLA’s strategic space, cyber, electronic, information, communications, and psychological warfare missions and capabilities.” “The SSF also operates Yuan Wang space support ships that track satellite and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches,” the US report mentioned. Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain and former director of operations on the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, mentioned New Delhi’s concern concerning the ship’s presence in Sri Lanka was doubtless attributable to its monitoring capabilities. “Spying is not her primary mission … her primary mission is satellite tracking and monitoring PRC rocket launches, telemetry, and satellite status … but that same capability can and often is employed to monitor other countries’ satellite operations, downlinks and missile telemetry,” he mentioned. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned on Tuesday the ship is conducting scientific analysis “in accordance with international law.” It “does not affect the security and economic interests of any country, and should not be interfered with by third parties,” spokesman Wang Wenbin mentioned. India-China tensions China can also be a significant creditor of Sri Lanka, and is important to Sri Lanka’s efforts to restructure its debt to safe a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. In late July, India’s Ministry of Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi expressed concern over the Chinese vessel’s go to to Sri Lanka, telling reporters the “government carefully monitors any development having a bearing on India’s security and economic interests and takes all necessary measures to safeguard them.” On August 5, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs despatched a letter to the Embassy of China in Colombo deferring Yuan Wang 5’s arrival “until further consultations” had been made on the matter. Three days later, with out naming India, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang mentioned “the brutal interference” in Sri Lanka’s overseas relations was “an act of taking advantage of someone when they are in danger, which is against the basic norms of international relations.” India later rejected claims its issues had been the reason for delay within the ship docking, with Bagchi telling reporters final week, “Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions.” On Monday, India demonstrated the energy of its dedication to Sri Lanka, gifting the island nation a reconnaissance plane in a ceremony attended by the Sri Lankan President. The reward of an plane “underscores the cooperation” between the maritime neighbors, India’s Ministry of External Affairs mentioned in an announcement. China’s affect in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka presents the best trans-shipment hub for Chinese imports and exports — and stays “very strategic to India,” mentioned Sushant Singh, a senior fellow at New Delhi’s Centre for Policy Research. Sri Lanka had been “caught between a rock and a hard place,” he mentioned, referring to India and China in no specific order. “The Chinese had put pressure on them. The Indians had put pressure on them. And they cannot afford to lose any help. All countries which are small and economically weak will face these challenges if they are in a tough neighborhood.” China has for many years invested in Sri Lanka when a lot of the worldwide group held again. As many Western nations withheld funding to Sri Lanka over alleged human rights abuses throughout a decades-long civil struggle, which resulted in 2009, China equipped the previous Rajapaksa authorities with financial help, mentioned Ganeshan Wignaraja, senior analysis affiliate on the British suppose tank, ODI Global. “Sri Lanka then thought it could use China as a vehicle for infrastructure-led economic development,” he mentioned. Wignaraja mentioned by sending the Yuan Wang 5 to Hambantota port, it was testing the boundaries of that deal. “China was testing the terms of the lease agreement by sending a craft which has satellites on board and has a highly advanced capability,” Wignaraja mentioned. CNN’s Brad Lendon contributed reporting.
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The Mirror एक चिनियाँ जासुसी पानीजहाज श्रीलङ्काको हम्बनटोटा बन्दरगाहमा आइपुगेको छ। बन्दरगाह अधिकारीहरूका अनुसार युआन वाङ् ५ लाई श्रीलङ्काली जल क्षेत्रमा रहँदा कुनै काम नगर्ने सर्तमा त्यहाँ रोकिन दिइएको हो। भारतले यसअघि उक्त पानीजहाज जासुसी गतिविधिमा प्रयोग हुनसक्ने भन्दै आफ्नो चासो व्यक्त गरेको थियो। श्रीलङ्काको विदेश मन्त्रालयका अनुसार उक्त पानीजहाजलाई अगस्ट २२ सम्म चिनियाँहरूले व्यवस्थापन गरिरहेको बन्दरगाहमा रहने अनुमति दिइएको हो। कस्तो पानीजहाज? विज्ञहरूलाई उद्धृत गर्दै रोयटर्स समाचार संस्थाले युआन वाङ् ५ चीनको पछिल्लो पुस्ताको जासुसी पानीजहाजमध्ये रहेको जनाएको छ। यो पानीजहाजले भूउपग्रह, रकेट र अन्तरमहादेशीय बलिस्टिक क्षेप्यास्त्र प्रक्षेपणलाई निगरानी गर्न सक्छ। कैयौँ भारतीय सञ्चारमाध्यमहरूले त्यसलाई “दोहोरो प्रयोजनमा प्रयोग हुने जासुसी पानीजहाज” भनेर व्याख्या गरेका छन्। पानीजहाज सम्बन्धी वेबसाइटहरूले त्यसलाई अध्ययन, अनुसन्धान र अनुगमनसम्बन्धी जहाज बताउने गर्छन्। भारतीय चासो भारतीय न्यूज वेबसाइट एनडीटीभीले नयाँ दिल्लीले “पानीजहाजको ट्र्याकिङ प्रणालीले श्रीलङ्का जाने क्रममा भारतका सुरक्षा पूर्वाधारका विषयमा जासुसी गरिने सम्भावनाबारे” चासो व्यक्त गरेको जनाएको छ। यसअघि जुलाईमा भारतीय विदेश मन्त्रालयका एक प्रवक्ताले आफ्नो सरकारले उक्त पानीजहाजको योजनाबद्ध भ्रमणलाई निरीक्षण गरिरहेको बताएका थिए। रोयटर्सको अनुसार भारतले उक्त पानीजहाजको यात्राबारे श्रीलङ्कासँग मौखिक रूपमा विरोध जनाएको थियो। यस महिनाको सुरुमा श्रीलङ्काको विदेश मन्त्रालयले चीनलाई पानीजहाजले मागेको बन्दरगाहमा आश्रयको लागि आग्रहलाई अस्थायी रूपमा रोक्दै त्यसका लागि “थप छलफल” आवश्यक पर्ने जनाएको थियो। बेइजिङको प्रतिक्रिया चीनले त्यसको जबाफमा कुनै देशको नाम नलिई “केही देशहरूले कथित ‘सुरक्षा चासो’ भनेर श्रीलङ्कालाई दबाव दिने काम पूरै औचित्यहीन” रहेको बताएको थियो। श्रीलङ्काले पछि उक्त पानीजहाजलाई बन्दरगाहमा रहने अनुमति दिइएको घोषणा गरेको थियो। हाल गम्भीर आर्थिक सङ्कटमा रहेको श्रीलङ्कामा बेइजिङको बढ्दो प्रभावका माझ भारतीय चासो देखा परेको हो। बेइजिङले श्रीलङ्कालाई बेल्ट एन्ड रोड अवधारणा अन्तर्गत एशियामा पूर्वाधार विकास गर्नका लागि अर्बौँ डलर ऋण दिएको छ। यद्यपि ती सबैजसो आर्थिक सहायता श्रीलङ्कालाई फाइदा पुग्ने गरी भएका छैनन्। उदाहरणका लागि सन् २०१७ मा चाइना मर्चेन्ट्स पोर्ट होल्डिङ्सले धेरैजसो सेअर लिएर हम्बनटोटा बन्दरगाहलाई ९९ वर्षका लागि भाडामा लिएको थियो। युआन वाङ् ५ रोकिरहेको उक्त बन्दरगाह निर्माणको ऋण तिर्न कोलम्बोले सङ्घर्ष गरिरहेको थियो। के यो सन्तुलनको प्रयास हो? यो पानीजहाज विवादसँगै श्रीलङ्काले बारम्बार भारत र चीनबीच एकलाई रोज्नुपर्दा हुने कठिन कूटनीतिक सकस प्रतिबिम्बित भएको छ। भारतले पानीजहाजका विषयमा श्रीलङ्कालाई दबाव दिएको भनिएका कुरा अस्वीकार गरेको छ। तर यस पानीजहाज जोडिएको विषयमा उसले अप्रत्यक्ष प्रतिक्रियाको रूपमा आफ्नो “सुरक्षा र आर्थिक स्वार्थहरूसँग सम्बन्धित जुन कुनै विकास क्रमलाई सजगतापूर्वक अनुगमन गरिरहेको” जनाएको छ। आर्थिक सङ्कटहरूसँग जुझ्ने क्रममा श्रीलङ्कालाई सहायता पठाउने देशहरूमा भारत अग्रपङ्क्तिमा थियो तर पछिल्लो विवादले त्यसलाई छायामा पार्न सक्ने देखिन्छ। दिल्लीको कूटनीतिक वृत्तमा धेरैले कोलम्बोमा रहेको नयाँ सत्ताले के फेरि भारत र चीनबीच मायावी सन्तुलन कायम राख्न खोजेको त होइन भनेर सोचिरहेका छन्। आउँदा दिनमा दिल्लीले श्रीलङ्काली नेताहरूसँग पर्दापछाडि र सार्वजनिक वक्तव्यहरूमा कसरी प्रतिक्रिया जनाउँछ भन्ने जान्नु रोचक हुनेछ।[यो समाचार बीबीसीमा छापिएको छ] अन्तमा यो पनि पढ्नुहोस….