Chinese submarine docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concerns

Days after Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to India, a Chinese submarine, Changzheng 2, has again docked at the Colombo port, sparking “enormous concerns” within the Indian government about the intentions of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

As reported by sources, Sri Lanka allowed the docking despite NSA Ajit Doval’s warning to Lankan defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa that any presence of a Chinese submarine in Sri Lanka would be unacceptable to India. The government is now left with no option but to look upon Lanka’s defiance as “inimical” to India’s interests. Indian threatening to sovereign country of Sri Lanka on its international dealing for the interest of Indian defence  and foreign policies.

Changzheng 2, along with warship Chang Xing Dao, is likely to remain in Colombo until Wednesday. While this is only the second time a Chinese submarine has stopped off Colombo (the first coincided with President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Vietnam in September), Xinhua on Monday quoted some Chinese officials who said that the docking was “an international common practice”.

While India voting along with EU, US, and Canada against Sri Lanka for the UN resolution sponsored by US  and West; China and Pakistan voted and worked against the country specific and Tamil biased resolution initiated by Tamil ethnic Indian origin South African UNHRC former chief Nava Pilay.

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