SRI LANKA COUP D'ETAT
SEEKING INTEL
Does anybody have any intelligence on this?
We're unlucky (or lucky) that this has occurred at the same time as having no western staff in country (rare occasion).
And we can't get a clear picture from our own limited sources in country.
This could end up being nothing or (not completely unreasonably) could end up with China "assisting" Sri Lanka military with stabilization.
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Late Friday night the Sri Lankan President summarily and unconstitutionally fired the Prime Minster, apparently with the blessing of the Armed Forces, and immediately replaced him with a political ally.
Local press is speculating that this unconstitutional move occurred due to a growing riff in the current government over the recent 99 year lease of the Hambantota port to the Chinese government, to be used as a vital node in China's belt and node initiative, and many postulate as a Chinese military base in the near future.
Geopolitically, I would speculate this is almost certainly Sri Lanka getting stuck in the middle of the strategic battle between India and China over Chinese power projection into the Indian Ocean.
BBC News Link
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Any info appreciated.
Cheers
S
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