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- Sri Lanka denied the United States' request to land two armed military aircraft on February 28.
- Sri Lanka rejected Iran's request to dock warships.
- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (President of Sri Lanka) confirmed the United States' request during a parliamentary speech.
- After the war began, the United States torpedoed an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast.
- Sri Lanka is hosting survivors from that incident.
