India panicked! Is China's rise a threat to India-Sri Lanka relations?
Indian scholars believe that China's influence puts India-Sri Lanka relations at risk, and India provides financial assistance to Sri Lanka on the condition of renovating the Trincomalee oil depot
India and Sri Lanka reached an agreement on January 13 to provide $900 million in aid to Sri Lanka, of which $400 million was exchanged in local currency and another $515.2 million was deferred settlement by the Asian Clearing Union (ACU). The assistance was in response to an urgent request made by Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa during his december 2021 visit to India. It is worth noting that although Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar Sujak said that India will support Sri Lanka through the difficulties and become a firm and reliable partner of Sri Lanka, sources said that India will provide financial support to Sri Lanka on the premise of modernizing the Trincomalee oil depot. It is reported that the project may have long-term impact on India's strategic interests in the Indian Ocean. At that time, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Sri Lanka and other Indian Ocean countries, and The Indian strategic circles were worried about India-Sri Lanka relations. Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Raja Mohan Raja Mohan said that although China still focuses its strategic focus on the Pacific for now, recent moves show that China has not reduced its focus on Indian Ocean countries, and its "two-ocean strategy" threatens to put India in trouble. Although Sri Lanka is India's close neighbor, it is more prone to friction, and the remote powers can adopt flexible strategies. Some reporters analyzed that the Tamil refugee problem and the India-Sri Lanka fishery dispute are eroding the bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka. An Indian think tank also pointed out that the comprehensive national strength of China and India is very different, and the latter needs to borrow the QUAD mechanism to "save" Si from "Made in China".
——Comprehensive excerpt from the Hindu newspaper, the print newspaper # India # Sri Lanka # #中印 #
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