Sri Lanka gives medical aid to stranded Iranian sailors
- Oil tanker (representative image)Sri Lanka has responded to a distress call and provided medical help to 40 Iranian sailors from ships anchored close to the island’s waters before repatriating them to Tehran, a spokesperson said Sunday.
- The sailors were brought to the island’s southern port of Galle Saturday after Sri Lankan authorities received a distress call seeking medical help, said Thushara Rodrigo, the foreign ministry spokesperson.
- He said he doesn’t have details about which ships the sailors came from.
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- Oil tanker (representative image)Sri Lanka has responded to a distress call and provided medical help to 40 Iranian sailors from ships anchored close to the island’s waters before repatriating them to Tehran, a spokesperson said Sunday.
- The sailors were brought to the island’s southern port of Galle Saturday after Sri Lankan authorities received a distress call seeking medical help, said Thushara Rodrigo, the foreign ministry spokesperson.
- He said he doesn’t have details about which ships the sailors came from.
Sources: Times of India