COLOMBO: 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.