India stands for Lanka ; New Delhi delivers fuel consignment to Colombo

New Delhi, Apr 7: India supplied 270,000 MT fuel to Sri Lanka while the country is struggling through a serious power and fuel shortage and an economic crisis like never before. The assistance includes one consignment of 36,000 MT petrol and 40,000 MT diesel that has been delivered to Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

 

 

Taking it to twitter, Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has tweeted, "Indian credit line for fuel at work! One consignment each of 36,000 MT petrol and 40,000 MT diesel was delivered to Sri Lanka in the last 24 hours. Total supply of various types of fuel under Indian assistance now stands at more than 270,000 MT." Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S Jaishankar has shared the High Commission's tweet saying that India sticks by its neighbour first policy and stands with Sri Lanka amid such tragic times of crisis.

 

 

 

 

 

The Indian govt has been standing by the island nation ever since the crisis begun. Last month Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his visit to New Delhi to discuss the crisis that Sri Lanka is going through. After the discussion, PM Modi had conveyed to Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa that India would always stand with the island nation as it occupies a central role in New Delhi's neighborhood first policy.

 

 

Besides, in Feb the Indian govt has also provided Sri lanka with a short term loan of USD 500 million for the purchase of Petroleum products through the Ministry of Energy and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. Indian govt had also provided the island nation with 100 tones Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizers in Nov 2021, as it had stopped import of chemical fertilizers, owing to the crisis.