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Sri Lanka Rejects US Request to Use Its Territory in War
SadaNews - Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced on Friday that he rejected a request to allow two American warplanes to be stationed on his country's territory during the month of March, in order to maintain Colombo's neutrality in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Dissanayake stated before Parliament: "The United States requested the redeployment of two warplanes equipped with eight anti-ship missiles from a base in Djibouti to Mattala International Airport (southern Sri Lanka) from March 4 to 8."
The president added: "We rejected that."
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