The Chinese naval vessel Yi Ying, part of the Gulf of Aden anti-piracy task force. “It is a common practice for navies of all countries to have their submarines and ships replenished at certain intervals at ports,” Geng said. Beijing is emphatic that the stopover at Colombo should be no cause for concern.
The Song-class sub at Sri Lanka is all part of China’s latest escort flotilla. On several occasions, Chinese ships have responded to pirate attacks on civilian merchants. Its warships escort more than 1,000 commercial vessels every year. This year is the sixth since the People’s Liberation Army Navy first set sail for the Gulf of Aden. Geng Yansheng, a Chinese military spokesman. And the Song-class submarine was on its way to join them, according to Col. Chinese naval forces patrol around Somalia, and escort civilian ships through the pirate-riddled waters. The stop was just one part of the submarine’s journey. The submarine arrived at the Colombo International Container Terminal-a port facility built with millions of dollars in Chinese funding-one day before Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visited Sri Lanka.
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