தடையை நீக்குங்கள்
ரஷ்ய ஜனாதிபதிக்கு கடிதம் அனுப்பினார்
ஜனாதிபதி மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன
இலங்கை தேயிலையை இறக்குமதி செய்வதற்கு ரஷ்யா விதித்துள்ள தடையை நீக்குமாறு, ரஷ்ய ஜனாதிபதி விளாடிமிர் புடினிடம் ஜனாதிபதி மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன கேட்டுக் கொண்டுள்ளார்.
இது தொடர்பாக ஜனாதிபதி மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன, ரஷ்ய ஜனாதிபதி விளாடிமிர் புடினுக்கு கடிதம் எழுதியுள்ளார்.
‘தி ஹிந்து’ ஆங்கில நாளிதழ் இந்த தகவலை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.
Sri
Lanka requests Russia to lift ban on tea imports
President Maithripala Sirisena has written to his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin, requesting Russia to lift a temporary ban on tea imports from
the island.
The official request comes days after Russia announced temporary
restrictions on imports of all agricultural products from Sri Lanka, including
tea. Last week, Russian agricultural safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said the
decision was taken after it found an insect, known as the Khapra beetle, in the
packaging of one consignment of tea from Sri Lanka, news agency Reuters
reported from Moscow.
After promising action on the exporter, Sri Lanka said it would send two
senior ministers to Moscow to persuade Russia to lift the ban. Addressing a
public meeting in Haputale in Sri Lanka’s Uva Province, which is home to
several tea estates, President Sirisena said he was confident that Russia, “a
long-standing friend” of Sri Lanka, would respond positively to the request.
Commenting on the development, Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad
Bathiudeen said: “This ban is not a refusal of Sri Lanka by Russia but only a
temporary stoppage of one export product from us. Only reason for our concern
is that nearly 80% of our exports to Russia is Ceylon Tea.”
Sri Lanka’s exported $ 114.18 million-worth Ceylon Tea exports to Russia
from January to August this year, according to the Ministry.
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