In a precedent, India is the first to criticize China, accusing it of "militarizing" the Taiwan Strait, in an escalating position, following tensions between the two countries, due to the docking of a Chinese warship in a port of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, an island located south of India, and Western reports on Beijing's growing influence in the country in recent years.

This is the first time that India has resorted to this "characterization" of Strait affairs, while there is a long-standing border dispute between the two major Asian countries.

Earlier this August, a Chinese military research vessel had docked in the Sri Lankan port of "Hambantota" for a week.

Experts explained that the Yuan Wang 5 was one of a group of vessels operated by the Chinese military to keep pace with the launch of ballistic missiles and satellites.

The docking of the Chinese vessel "Yuan Wang 5" was delayed several days after India's interception, amid fears that China would take the Sri Lankan port as a military base.

For its part, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the vessel was conducting free research, in full respect for international law, stating that it was not prejudicial to the economic or security interests of any State.

The ship had left the port a week earlier, while the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka had issued statements accusing India of exploiting security concerns to interfere with matters at the heart of Sri Lanka's sovereignty and independence.

On Saturday, the High Commission of India in Colombo, the capital, said that Sri Lanka "needs support, not undesirable pressure, nor unnecessary hostilities to serve the agendas of another country."

The Indian statement referred to what it considered to be the discharge of agendas through loans, indicating that China was attempting to intervene in Sri Lanka through the port of "Hampantota", which it had financed.

Western economists have long accused China of providing generous loans to some developing countries, for placing them in what they call a "trap", to become "obedient instruments" in Beijing's hands.

This frantic rivalry is raging between China and India, while Sri Lanka is currently in its worst economic crisis, until the country's President has been forced to flee abroad, amid massive popular movement.

The Chinese vessel docked at the port of Hampan Tuta just a week after the country completed large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, in response to the visit by the US Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

Since the end of those exercises, Chinese military activity has continued, described by some followers as a new reality, with China crossing an informal border line in the Taiwan Strait known as the middle line.

But India, which had turned into a stronger tone towards China, had merely described a vague attitude, at the time of the "Pelosi crisis", expressing concern about developments, in parallel with the call for de-escalation and the avoidance of unilateral actions to change the status quo.