Shi Yan 6: Chinese research vessel to dock in Colombo on Wednesday (25)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 is expected to dock at the Port of Colombo on Wednesday (25), confirmed Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) earlier said that the Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 will be reaching Sri Lanka as per an agreement reached with the University of Ruhuna.

Later, the University of Ruhuna announced that it has decided to step away from the research program that was to take place with the Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6.

The University of Ruhuna announced that one of the two university lecturers who represented the university in agreeing to conduct joint research with the Shi Yan 6, had migrated overseas, and the other lecturer had stepped away from the country's university system completely.