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"The government carefully monitors any developments having a
bearing on India's security and economic interests, and takes
all necessary measures to safeguard them," India's foreign
ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, told a weekly media
briefing.
"I think that should be a clear message."
He did not say what measures India was taking and to whom the
message was being sent. Officials from China and Sri Lanka could
not immediately be reached for comment.
Sri Lankan consulting firm, the Belt & Road Initiative Sri
Lanka, recently said on its website that the Chinese scientific
research vessel "Yuan Wang 5" would enter the Hambantota port on
Aug. 11 for a week.
"The vessel will conduct space tracking, satellite control and
research tracking in the north-western part of the Indian Ocean
region through August and September," it said, without citing a
source.
(Reporting by Krishna N. Das in New Delhi; editing by Philippa
Fletcher)
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