Sri Lanka, Bangladesh sign cooperation treaty with ASEAN

MANILA (AP) - Sri Lanka and Bangladesh signed a non-aggression pact with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Wednesday, officials said.

The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation requires signatories to renounce the use or threat of force against ASEAN members, stresses noninterference in signatories' internal affairs and calls for settlement of disputes by peaceful means.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar A. Chowdhury signed the documents in Manila after an annual gathering of ASEAN's foreign ministers.