Sri Lanka, March 10 -- The government of Sri Lanka was not informed in advance about the strike carried out by the United States on an Iranianwarship in seas close to Sri Lanka's maritime boundary.

Speaking at the weekly Cabinet media briefing held today (10) at the Department of Government Information, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa stressed that U.S. defense authorities had not issued any prior notification to Sri Lanka regarding the attack.

The Minister explained that when two countries are involved in a military confrontation, it is generally unlikely that one country would notify a third country before launching an attack against the other.

"When two countries are at war, I don't think one country would inform a thir...