Sri Lanka looks to India for Phase II of port China built

[ARCHON]

How Sri Lanka can grow with India
May 10, 2009 (LBO)

How Sri Lanka can grow with India - LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE

Now 2010

This op-ed was written by Rohan Samarajiva and Priyanwada Herath. Rohan Samarajiva heads LirneAsia, a regional think tank. It is based on a study for Pathfinder Foundation, a organization that promotes debate on economic issues.

LirneAsia is a Pro Indian regional think tank

Its still half way through 2010 here in India , so any figures and graphs will be made only after the year commences. So the best possible reference is the previous year.

If u need 2010 figures, i suggest time travelling.

 

[ARCHON]

What's with the personal attacks? Someone already posted the amount different countries investing in Sri Lanka at post#39.

leave it buddy, See i have Ignored the personal attacks... thats the only thing he is excelled in.So why bother .

 

[Lankan Ranger]

I invite all Indian members here participated in the debate to visit Sri Lanka to get a clear understanding about how Sri Lanka China relations are strong.

Please do a research in Sri Lanka, then you can see your self how Sri Lanka thinks about China.

Ask Sri Lanka’s !!

Then Indian members can also do a research in Sri Lanka about Sri Lanka India relations.

You can see the truth your self.

Thanks.

 

[LaBong]

I invite all Indian members here participated in the debate to visit Sri Lanka to get a clear understanding about how Sri Lanka China relations are strong.

Please do a research in Sri Lanka, then you can see your self how Sri Lanka thinks about China.

Ask Sri Lanka’s !!

Then Indian members can also do a research in Sri Lanka about Sri Lanka India relations.

You can see the truth your self.

Thanks.

The thread is not about Sri Lankan's perception of Indian and Chinese people which I could care less. It's about how much we are investing in Lanka, that my dear friend from Lanka is rather important to us. See we being baniya race have this annoying habit of calculating what we are getting in return.

 

[Iggy]

I am wondering why India should go for the phase II of Hanubanta port..They approached us first for developing it only after we become cold feet that they decided to go to China for the devalopment...any way Colobo port itself is going to loose its significance with the devalopment of both Vallarpadam port in Cochin and Vizhijam port in Trivandrum in some time..because by devaloping these ports India can handle the mother ships which is now handled by Colombo port..almost 80 % of the Colombo ports traffic is mother ships carrying goods to India..

 

[KS]

I have the same opinion about you.

Hey buddy...ur one of the most amazing man I ve met..

Ur making Srilankan reply to some others thread...Damn...

p.s.: Stupid Indian Govt - Instead Develop the Sethu Samudram Canal and 40% of the SriLankan port Traffic will Vanish like snowflakes in the sun.

 

[nForce]

I invite all Indian members here participated in the debate to visit Sri Lanka to get a clear understanding about how Sri Lanka China relations are strong.

Please do a research in Sri Lanka, then you can see your self how Sri Lanka thinks about China.

Ask Sri Lanka’s !!

Then Indian members can also do a research in Sri Lanka about Sri Lanka India relations.

You can see the truth your self.

Thanks.

Did anyone tell you that relation of Srilanka with China is weak???Why getting so much worked up???

 

[ARCHON]

Hey buddy...ur one of the most amazing man I ve met..

Ur making Srilankan reply to some others thread...Damn...

p.s.: Stupid Indian Govt - Instead Develop the Sethu Samudram Canal and 40% of the SriLankan port Traffic will Vanish like snowflakes in the sun.

Just wait for the completion of southernmost port - Vizhinjam.
You will see a change in everything.

Vizhinjam International Seaport

 

[Brotherhood]

How Sri Lanka can grow with India - LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE


who is more foolish now.

Do you know Hongkong is a city of China?
If so, do a little math of the source you provide and then make a decision who is the real fool, OK?

 

[navtrek]

Oh come on guys why is India China being played on each other in this thread both have the right to invest in Srilanka. So come on its good for everybody's commercial interests.

Stop this India China thing.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Oh come on guys why is India China being played on each other in this thread both have the right to invest in Srilanka. So come on its good for everybody's commercial interests.

Stop this India China thing.

You're absolutely right.

Sri Lanka is important to all of us, and regional stability is important to all of us. Economic prosperity is high on the agenda so of course China and India will both seek to invest in Sri Lanka as much as possible.

There is no cold war between China and India. It is just business. Increased cooperation between all of the Asian nations is surely the way forward.

 

[challenger]

You're absolutely right.

Sri Lanka is important to all of us, and regional stability is important to all of us. Economic prosperity is high on the agenda so of course China and India will both seek to invest in Sri Lanka as much as possible.

There is no cold war between China and India. It is just business. Increased cooperation between all of the Asian nations is surely the way forward.

To China's south, a senior Indian Air Force official recently disclosed that his government is upgrading another air base near the Chinese border to accommodate warplanes. According to the U.S. Defense News website, "The moves are part of the effort to strengthen India's defenses against China."

In June India approved a $3.3 billion deal to purchase 42 more Su-30 air-to-air and air-to-surface jet fighters, bringing the planned total to 272 by 2018.

Regarding a joint Russian-Indian long-range multirole jet fighter/strike fighter adaptation of the Su-30, the same Indian official said "a nuclear-armed Su-30MKI could fly deep inside China with midair refueling."

U.S.-China Conflict: From War Of Words To Talk Of War

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

To China's south, a senior Indian Air Force official recently disclosed that his government is upgrading another air base near the Chinese border to accommodate warplanes. According to the U.S. Defense News website, "The moves are part of the effort to strengthen India's defenses against China."

They are strengthening their "defences", so what is the problem? All nations have a right to defend themselves as they see fit.

China has had ICBM's and nuclear weapons since the 1970's, that was for Chinese defence, not for attack. The same applies to India's planes on the NE, they are for defence.

I don't actually believe that India will ever launch a military attack on China. Both sides are nuclear powers, it would be a waste of life.

 

[CardSharp]

internet lag double post...

 

[CardSharp]

What's a polite way of saying I told you so?

India Wants New Defence Ties with Sri Lanka

Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar is to visit Colombo soon to get to know the issues to be taken up at the first annual defence dialogue between the two countries, The Hindu Newspaper reported quoting an Indian Defence Ministry source.

The institutional mechanism of an annual defence dialogue was decided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a meeting in June.

“It is time to look at greater comprehensive cooperation. In this context, we broadly discussed the areas which would be important to focus on in the annual defence dialogue. An earlier visit by the Indian Defence Secretary will help to understand the issues.

In the aftermath of the conflict, there is a need for a different defence relationship,” the source said after the high-level India-Sri Lanka talks on Thursday.

He denied that Sri Lanka had approached India for assistance in building the second phase of the Hambantota port. China had undertaken the expansion and modernisation work in the first phase and was understood to have tied up with Sri Lanka for the second phase as well.

India was cautious in its defence ties with Sri Lanka during the conflict and had restricted military assistance to non-lethal aspects such as enhancing the Armed forces' maritime and aerial domain awareness. When Sri Lanka sought arms from other countries including Pakistan, New Delhi enabled Colombo to seal a $300 million armaments deal with its old ally Moscow.

The source said defence was one of the several issues at the table, most of which were a follow-up of decisions taken during Mr. Rajapaksa's recent visit. Both sides also discussed the problems facing fishermen, with India pointing out that killings were unacceptable and that a way had to be found to eliminate this altogether.

It was agreed to open channels of communication between fishermen from both countries to understand issues that have sparked violence on the high seas.

Having embarked on building railway infrastructure in Sri Lanka, India has signed most of the contracts and an Export and Import Bank team will shortly complete the arrangements for the $800 million credit for the purpose.

India has completed the hydrological survey of the Kankesanthurai port and will be sending a team to finalise the detailed project report. It is also finalising the tender documents for the modernisation of the Palaly airport

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