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Sri Lankan Foreign Minister defends decision to allow PLA training ship

Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath on Tuesday defended the government’s move to allow a Chinese military training ship to arrive in Colombo, saying the decision falls within the framework of the country’s diplomatic engagements and such visits ‘pose...

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Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath on Tuesday defended the government’s move to allow a Chinese military training ship to arrive in Colombo, saying the decision falls within the framework of the country’s diplomatic engagements and such visits ‘pose no threat’.

He was responding to a question on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy training warship ‘Po Lang’ which arrived at the port of Colombo on Tuesday “as part of a voyage aimed at enhancing the professional capabilities of midshipmen and conducting naval exchanges,” said a statement.

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