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By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concern is growing in Indian security establishments over increasing Chinese footprints in Sri Lanka\u2019s strategic sectors,the Hindu<\/a><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n

According to the Hindu, the National Security Council Secretariat has called an inter-ministerial consultation next week to decide on \u201cpossible approaches<\/a><\/span>\u201d to protect \u201cIndian interests\u201d in its neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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Rohitha Rajapaksa and engineers of SupremeSAT<\/p><\/div>\n

The latest to cause alarm are reports of Chinese-Sri Lankan<\/a><\/span> collaboration in the area of space, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

A Sri Lankan firm, Supreme SAT (Pvt.) Ltd.\u00a0is likely to launch its first communication satellite with Chinese help in 2015. In mid-2012, the National Security Adviser (NSA) had discussed this issue and the Department of Space was asked to \u201cprovide assessment of the security implications\u201d on India due to Sri Lanka\u2019s space programme.<\/p>\n

Supreme SAT (Pvt.) Ltd. signed an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka in May 2012 to launch the telecommunication satellite at a cost of $320 million in partnership with China Great Wall Industry Corporation, a state-owned Chinese company. Subsequently, it was also decided to set up a space academy-cum satellite ground station at Kandy.<\/p>\n

The inter-ministerial meeting under the leadership of Deputy NSA on March 25 would discuss the issue threadbare, the Hindu reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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