Sri Lanka shelves naval drill with Pakistan off Trincomalee as India flags concerns
In Short
- India objected to planned Pakistan-Sri Lanka naval drills
- Exercise was to occur in Trincomalee waters
- India wary of Pakistan-China naval ties
A planned joint naval exercise between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the strategically significant waters off Trincomalee was quietly shelved a few weeks ago after India raised objections with Colombo, multiple sources have told PTI. The proposed drills, which were part of the routine military engagements between the two countries, were called off following New Delhi’s intervention, the sources said…| read more on India Today
