China tells US not to bully Sri Lanka ahead of Pompeo's visit

FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo arrives at an airport in New Delhi, India, Oct 26, 2020. COLOMBO: China has raised objections to what it called US bullying of Sri Lanka after Washington said the Indian Ocean island must make"difficult but necessary choices" regarding its ties with China.

The embassy said China's ties with Sri Lanka stretched back 2,000 years and the two countries did not need a third party to dictate terms.Pompeo's trip to Sri Lanka, and later to the Maldives, another Indian Ocean island nation, is seen as part of an attempt to counter China's dominating economic presence in smaller countries that has left some of them in deep debt.

Don't go around threatening small countries what the US has done to the middle east countries.😭

The bully telling others not to bully the one they have bullied. This is like modern day protection fee paid

Meanwhile, proceeds with more debt trap diplomacy. 👍

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