Sri Lanka, March 18 -- Declassified documents from Israel's Foreign Ministry have revealed that former Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene had requested $1 million from Israel's intelligence agency Mossad to finance his election campaign in 1987.

According to cables dated August 6 and August 14, 1987, the request was made during a meeting with a Mossad representative, at a time when the Sri Lankan government was facing mounting pressure from Arab states and local opposition to shut down the Israeli Interests Section in Colombo.

The revelations were reported in an article by The Wire, based on partially declassified files from the Israel State Archives detailing relations between Sri Lanka and Israel during the mid-1980s.

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