President Ebrahim Raisi says Iranian companies and specialists are ready to participate in other construction projects in Sri Lanka and provide technical-engineering services in order to help the island nation progress and prosper.
The National - Sri Lanka has stopped crude imports from Iran and is actively switching to other crude grades, as South Asian importers, including India, significantly restrict supply in anticipation of US sanctions against Tehran.
"We stopped as soon as the sanctions were announced. We didnt buy [directly] from Iran. We buy from Singapore, Dubai,...
April 21, The Iran Project - On the second and last leg of his Asian tour, Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani left the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, for Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, on Wednesday (April 18) in order to hold talks with senior Sri Lankan political officials.
Larijani's stop in Colombo features meetings with top Sri Lankan officials ...
FNA - An oil tanker of the National Iranian Tanker Company rescued 5 Sri Lankan fishers in international waters of the Indian Ocean.
The Sri Lankan fishing ship named VLCC was capsized in the Indian Ocean when the crew asked for the Iranian oil tanker's help.
The relief and rescue operations took 5 hours due to the bad weather conditions and raining,...
TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian has departed for Sri Lanka on Mon. for a four-day visit to attend the 11th meeting of Iran-Sri Lanka Joint Commission for Economic cooperation.Hamid Chitchina heading a panel of experts comprising private sector investors and government executives has left for Sri Lanka on Monday to participate ...
Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen says his country will proceed with oil cooperation with Iran.
Speaking to IRNA on Monday, Bathiyutheen added that his country failed to pay its 250-million-dollar oil debt to Iran due to banking sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear energy program and emphasized that the issue would ...
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Sri LankaandIranhave focused attention to enhance bilateral relations.
At a meeting held with Sri Lankan ambassador inIranMohamed Razi, chairman of the Iranian foreign policy commission Aladin Barujerdi saidIranis willing to further enhance cooperation ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen expressed his countrys willingness to employ Irans technical expertise, saying Colombo looks for the broader presence of the Iranian investors in the Southeast Asian country.
In a Wednesday meeting with Irans Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadihere in ...
Tehran, Jan 15, IRNA Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said activating Iran-Sri Lanka joint economic commission will lead to promotion of industrial and trade cooperation.
Nematzadeh made the remarks in a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Rishad Bathiyutheen.
Bathiyutheen, too, expressed hope that the joint economic ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Sri Lankas commander for navy operations visited Irans Tareq-class submarine, 'Younus, which is a part of the countrys 28th fleet of warships which has berthed in the Sri Lankan coastal waters since three days ago.
We could host a submarine in Colombo port after a long time and it was a rare opportunity for us to visit such a submarine,...