No Lankan base for Iraq attack: PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Friday that the question of allowing US planes or ships to re-fuel or use local ports or airport in the event of an attack on Iraq did not arise as Sri Lanka had no defence pact with the Americans.

He was responding to a question by the PA's Baddegame Samitha Thera relating to The Sunday Times (May 26) news report headlined "Defence pact with Washington soon".

The Prime Minster said he would not deny the news story or the government intention to come to a defence pact with the US but assured that all party leaders would be briefed on the details before such an agreement was finalised.

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