Sri Lanka has reached out to several companies suggested by Russia’s embassy in Colombo to buy crude oil, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Sunday, in an attempt by the debt-ridden island nation to get oil on credit to keep its only oil refinery running.
Wijesekera told the media that the Russian ambassador in Colombo “asked me to send the replies of the company, and he will also intervene in the process”.
The minister said he had replies from the Russian companies suggested by the ambassador, Sri Lanka’s Economy Next news portal reported.
“Also we have sent the message to the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Russia, Janitha Liyanage,” the minister said, adding that the process was taking time.
