China ship visit
It is reckless on the part of China to term the legitimate concerns of India regarding the visit of a space and satellite tracking vessel to Sri Lanka as “senseless” (Page 1, “Don’t disturb normal affairs with Sri Lanka: China to India”, August 9). The visit of a military vessel cannot be considered a “normal affair”. Advancing the argument that the vessel is meant for “scientific exploration activities” is ingenious and misleading. This is a clear security threat to India and it has every right to lodge a protest against the visit of the said vessel. Colombo would be within its sovereign right to refuse the ship entry.
Kosaraju Chandramouli,
