Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Hon. Sajith Premadasa questioned what measures the Government was providing to support the tourism sector. He also asked whether, during the 30-day pause on sanctions relating to Russia, the Government pursued negotiations or forward purchase agreements for crude oil supplies from Russia, and whether it sought similar arrangements in light of the International Energy Agency’s planned release of 400 million barrels despite Sri Lanka’s limited storage capacity.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I specifically ask: what solutions are you providing the tourism sector?
¶ 02 With the 30-day waiver granted on sanctions on Russia, why has the Government not taken prompt decisions to negotiate with Russia for crude oil supplies through a special program?
¶ 03 Hon. Speaker, I raised this last week as well.
¶ 04 The United States granted a 30-day pause on Russian sanctions. In that window, did the Government pursue forward purchase agreements with Russia to secure supplies?
¶ 05 The International Energy Agency agreed a few days ago to release 400 million barrels to the market. Given our limited storage, did we enter any forward purchase agreements leveraging this IEA release?
¶ 06 Thank you.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 17 March 2026 ·No. 23387 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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