{"id":127816,"date":"2022-08-13T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T22:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=127816"},"modified":"2022-08-13T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T22:08:49","slug":"clearance-given-to-chinese-vessel-yuan-wang-5-ministry-of-foreign-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/08\/13\/clearance-given-to-chinese-vessel-yuan-wang-5-ministry-of-foreign-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearance given to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

On 12 August 2022 the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China had informed the Foreign Affairs via&nbsp;Diplomatic Note that the Vessel YUAN WANG 5 was scheduled to arrive in the port of&nbsp;Hambantota on 16 August, 2022 and applied for clearance for replenishment purposes for the new&nbsp;dates 16 to 22 August, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having considered all material in place, on 13 August, 2022 the&nbsp;clearance to the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China was conveyed for the deferred arrival&nbsp;of the vessel from 16-22 August, 2022 by the Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated the following regarding the Chinese vessel YUAN WANG 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full statement;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 28 June, 2022, the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China in Colombo informed the&nbsp;Ministry via Diplomatic Note that the Chinese Scientific Research Ship YUAN WANG 5 is&nbsp;scheduled to pay a port call at the port of Hambantota from 11-17 August, 2022 for replenishment purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While no rotation of personnel were to take place during the call, the Government of Sri&nbsp;Lanka was requested to provide necessary assistance and positive consideration to the request by&nbsp;the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry, as per accepted practice related to such requests for &lsquo;diplomatic clearance&rsquo;,&nbsp;circulated the said request among relevant stakeholders in Government for approval – the Ministry of Defence, the Sri Lanka Navy and the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka(TRCSL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following receipt on 7 July, 2022 of security clearance from the Ministry of Defence for the visit&nbsp;of the vessel for replenishment purposes during the stipulated period, as well as a No Objection&nbsp;Letter from the TRCSL for the use of frequencies and communication equipment subject to noninterference and non-protection basis, diplomatic clearance was conveyed to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China by the Ministry on 12 July, 2022 for the said vessel to make a port&nbsp;call at the port of Hambantota for replenishment purposes. The following conditions highlighted by the Ministry of Defence were also stated &ndash; keeping the Automatic Identification System (AIS)&nbsp;switched on within the EEZ of Sri Lanka and no scientific research to be conducted in Sri Lankan&nbsp;waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, in light of certain concerns raised with the Ministry, the Government of Sri Lanka&nbsp;requested the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China, by Diplomatic Note dated 05 August&nbsp;2022, to defer the visit of the vessel to Hambantota port until the conduct of further consultations&nbsp;on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government has since engaged in extensive consultations at a high level through diplomatic&nbsp;channels with all parties concerned, with a view to resolving the matter in a spirit of friendship,&nbsp;mutual trust and constructive dialogue, taking into account the interests of all parties concerned,&nbsp;and in line with the principle of sovereign equality of states. In light of concerns raised, the&nbsp;Ministry also sought further information and material that could assist in consultations on the&nbsp;matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 12 August 2022 the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China informed the Ministry via&nbsp;Diplomatic Note that the Vessel YUAN WANG 5 was scheduled to arrive in the port of&nbsp;Hambantota on 16 August, 2022 and applied for clearance for replenishment purposes for the new&nbsp;dates 16 to 22 August, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having considered all material in place, on 13 August, 2022 the&nbsp;clearance to the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China was conveyed for the deferred arrival of the vessel from 16-22 August, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry wishes to reiterate Sri Lanka&rsquo;s policy of cooperation and friendship with all&nbsp;countries. Security and cooperation in the neighbourhood is of utmost priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Sri Lanka ;intention to safeguard the legitimate interests of all countries, in keeping with its international;obligations. The Ministry is deeply appreciative of the support, solidarity and understanding of all countries, especially in the current juncture when the country is in the process of addressing severe ;economic challenges and engaging in multiple domestic processes to ensure the welfare of the Sri ;Lankan people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Hiru News On 12 August 2022 the Embassy of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China had informed the Foreign Affairs via&nbsp;Diplomatic Note that the Vessel YUAN WANG 5 was scheduled to arrive in the port of&nbsp;Hambantota on 16 August, 2022 and applied for clearance for replenishment purposes for the new&nbsp;dates 16 to 22 August, 2022. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}