India keen to establish refinery, bunkering operations in SL

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India is keen to establish refinery and bunkering operations in Sri Lanka, Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday and hoped the country will once again be in a position to export petroleum products to Bangladesh with the commissioning of Paradip refinery in India.

The minister stated this during bilateral meetings with Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Energy Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Anoma Gamage, Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development of Sri Lanka.

Both were in Sri Lanka to participate in a ceremony at Paradip where Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be dedicating the Indian Oil refinery today.(PTI)

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anil Kr singh Monday, 08 February 2016 10:00 PM

this will help to strengthen the bilateral relation with India... and also this will create some jobs for srilankan youth.

Sugath Tuesday, 09 February 2016 03:49 PM

The less dominace the Indians have over our petroleum industry the better. via DM Android App

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