The vessel is outside the island nation’s territorial waters, but within its exclusive economic zone, a minister has told parliament
Sri Lanka is attempting to save the crew of an Iranian vessel near the island’s territorial waters, a minister told parliament on Thursday.
The development comes a day after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean about 40 nautical miles away from the city of Galle, claiming 87 lives.
“The ship is not in Sri Lankan waters,” Nalinda Jayatissa told the parliament. “It is located in the exclusive economic zone. The government and the defense ministry are aware of the ship. The government is involved in providing maximum intervention pertaining to the lives of those onboard.”
On Wednesday, a US submarine sank the IRIS Dena, which was on its way back to Iran after taking part in an International Fleet Review and multilateral naval drills in southeastern India.
Another Iranian vessel reportedly “Bushehr” is currently in international waters close to Sri Lanka’s maritime border, and the government is working to provide maximum assistance to safeguard those onboard, Sri Lanka’s Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament (File Photo) pic.twitter.com/xsE1yYjuDg
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth erroneously said on Wednesday that it was the “first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.” At least four naval ships have been sunk by torpedoes since the Second World War. In 1982, during the Falklands War, Britain’s Royal Navy sank an Argentinian cruiser.
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