{"id":132116,"date":"2023-02-12T15:31:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=132116"},"modified":"2023-02-12T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:31:09","slug":"china-is-our-friend-and-will-work-with-them-indian-interest-wont-be-undermined-ali-sabry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/02\/12\/china-is-our-friend-and-will-work-with-them-indian-interest-wont-be-undermined-ali-sabry\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018China is our friend and will work with them, Indian interest won\u2019t be undermined\u2019 – Ali Sabry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry on Saturday said that China is a friend of his nation and the two countries will continue to work arm in arm. However, there is no need for India to be concerned as at no point will the island nation let the Indian interests be undermined, Ali Sabry said. Sri Lanka\u2018s strong relationship is part of its civilization and will not permit any activity that poses a threat to India\u2019s internal security to happen on its soil, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA Ali Sabry was speaking to the media in Kerala\u2019s Kochi after attending a private function. His comments come at a time when the Sino-Indian relationship remains tense over conflicts in the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India need not worry… The Srilankan relationship with India is very strong, it is a part of civilization. We will not allow anything that will harm India\u2019s internal security in our region. China is also our friend, we need to deal with them and work with them. However, Indian interests will not be undermined. We have made it very clear to the Indian government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali Sabry further said that the two countries are like a family and when issues arise, they will be sorted out like in a family. You will always have issues like in a family. We will talk to each other and resolve them. Your honourable fisheries minister is in Colombo right now. Our minister would have met him for dinner yesterday. We will look into it and try to come to a permanent solution. You shouldn\u2019t worry about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement can also be read in the context of the Sri Lankan Navy being often accused of assaulting and even arresting Indian fishermen, especially from Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali Sabry further said that Sri Lanka is happy with the fast-paced development that India is achieving. It is the entire region that develops along with India. So as neighbours, we are watching India\u2019s progress with great pride and a sense of honour. Sri Lanka is looking forward to India\u2019s growth and will try to be a part of that growth,\u201d the island nation\u2019s MFA added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source – Times Now<\/strong>
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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry on Saturday said that China is a friend of his nation and the two countries will continue to work arm in arm. However, there is no need for India to be concerned as at no point will the island nation let the Indian interests be […]<\/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-132116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132116","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=132116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}