Colombo
High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, on Sunday informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved urea consignment of 65,000 metric tons a donation to Sri Lanka, will soon be delivered.
PM Modi has approved the urea consignment donation which will travel directly to Sri Lanka from its origin in Oman. The Indian High Commissioner assured that Sri Lanka would receive the consignment as soon as possible, said Baglay.
Sri Lanka Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera recently called upon the Indian envoy Baglay and sought help from India for food security and environmental protection, source reported.
The two held discussions on the problems related to the country’s agricultural sector, and the 65,000 metric tons of urea promised by India last month, to avoid any disruption to the current Yala season.
During the discussion, Baglay reiterated that Government of India will extend its full support to Sri Lanka to address the problems in the country’s agricultural sector, source reported.
Despite an export ban of urea fertilizer from India, the Indian government, at the request of the Sri Lankan government, agreed to provide 65,000 metric tons of Urea to the crisis-ridden island country under the existing USD 1 billion Indian line of credit.
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda, last month, held a meeting with the Secretary in the Department of Fertilizers of India Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi where the issue was discussed.
