7 June 2022 02:51 pm Views - 2935
Claiming that fuel can be purchased from Russia 35% lesser than the normal global market price, Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara today urged the government to take steps to get down fuel from Russia.
He told Parliament that India, Singapore and Thailand are buying fuel from Russia.
MP Nanayakkara said the Russian Envoy to Sri Lanka has also spoke to the Energy Ministry that they were ready to discuss about a program on purchasing fuel and added that the Ministry has not responded to the request as yet.
He said Sri Lanka had ignored the Russian request due to US-centric ideology.
“The government has decided to purchase fuel from countries in the Dollar region whereas we can purchase from Russia at a lower price. We have ignored the long-term credit facility offered by Russia just to maintain friendly ties with the USA,” he lamented. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)