Colombo

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterated that whatever superpower enters the Indian Ocean, there should not be any threat to India.

Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka would not be a party to big power rivalry, especially in the Indian ocean.

At the same time there won't be any objection whether the US, Japan or China being there as long as there is no any threat to Sri Lanka and India.

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"Whether the US is in the Indian Ocean, we have no objections. We have no objections to the Japanese or the Chinese being there, as long as there is no rivalry. We are the littoral states, and we have to look after our interests. The largest of them is India, and being the largest littoral state, India would like very much to ensure that there is no threat to them," Wickremesinghe said.