GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 5 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is trying to “safeguard lives” on another Iranian ship off its coast, the country’s cabinet spokesperson said on Thursday, adding that the vessel was in the economic zone beyond the South Asian island nation’s territorial waters.
“We are doing our utmost to safeguard lives,” spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa said.
(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
