NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said Saturday, following reports that Washington was pressuring Colombo to not repatriate them. Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told a conference in New Delhi that Sri Lanka was caring for 32 sailors from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena under Colombo’s international treaty obligations. The frigate was sunk by a US submarine on Wednesday just off Sri Lanka’s southern coast. READ: Here’s how Iran war is affecting Mideast, beyond Sri Lanka sent its navy to rescue survivors and recovered 84 bodies. Asked […]... Keep on reading: Sri Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to 'international law'