COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has stated it should permit international offshore analysis ships for replenishments at its ports regardless of a one-year ban on such vessels, a senior official stated after China protested over Colombo permitting a German survey ship however turning down an identical request it had made.That is the primary time Sri Lanka has formally admitted international analysis vessels might be allowed for replenishments since President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s govt imposed a one-year ban on offshore analysis vessels final Dec after robust safety issues raised by India and the US following the go to of two Chinese language high-tech analysis vessels in 14 months.”The ban on international ships is for analysis functions, not on replenishment,” Economic system Subsequent quoted Niluka Kadurugamuwa, Sri Lanka’s international ministry spokesman, as saying. “There was a German analysis vessel just lately for replenishment and Sri Lanka allowed it,” he added.
Sri Lanka is within the technique of introducing SOPs for dealing with international vessels.
