INDIA PLANS TO REMOVE TROOPS FROM SRI LANKA BY END OF YEAR
September 19, 1989
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
India promised Monday to withdraw its 41,000 troops from Sri lanka by Dec. 31, ending a dispute between the two countries. A Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry statement said India had given an assurance that all efforts would be made to complete the withdrawal by that date. India also agreed to a cease-fire by its troops in their fight against Tamil separatist guerrillas from early Wednesday morning.