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China’s Diesel donation arrives in SL (Pics)
The Oil tanker “Super Eastern” carrying 10.6 million litres (9,000 metric tonnes) of diesel donated by China has arrived at the Colombo Port.
The fuel is donated for farmers and fishermen in remote areas of Sri Lanka.
Tweeting, the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka said that the Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong today (27) boarded the oil tanker and handed over the diesel donation to Sri Lankan farmers & fishermen through related Sri Lankan ministries.
Distribution will start soon under a mutually agreed modality, the embassy adds.
(Pics Courtesy : Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka / Fisheries Ministry)
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