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“We did not grant permission to either,” President on Iran, US military access requests
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake informed Parliament today that Sri Lanka received simultaneous requests from Iran and the United States to
Summary
Later that same evening, the U. We avoided that," the President said. The President noted that 206 sailors were brought to a Navy camp, adding that the bodies of deceased soldiers from the first Iranian ship were preserved, and rescued personnel were treated.
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People
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake3
- Dissanayake2
- Mattala2
- Sri Lankan
Organisations
- Parliament of Sri Lanka3
- Dissanayake2
- US Navy2
- Mattala International Airport
- President's House
- Iranian Naval
- Iranian Navy
- Government
Places
- United States3
- Sri Lanka3
- Djibouti2
- Iran2
- Mattala International Airport
- Mattala Airport
- Port of Colombo
- Middle East
Keywords
- requests3
- permission2
- neutrality
- aircraft
- decision
- explains
- military
- access
- either
- reject
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