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If the US - Iran conflict escalates further, the government will take steps to bring back about 30 Sri Lankans living in Iran, Government spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said today.
Minister Rambukwella told reporters at the Information Department last morning, without elaborating, that the Foreign Affairs Ministry was monitoring the situation closely and would issue a statement in due course on the matter.
In response to the Daily Mirror, Minister Rambukwella said as far as he was aware there was not a big contingent of expatriate Sri Lankans in Iran but admitted that if the situation worsened it would definitely affect Sri Lanka.
Replying to another query, Minister Rambukwella said the Attorney General’s Department and the Foreign Affairs Ministry had made much progress in bringing back the prime suspect of the Central Bank bond scam, Arjuna Mahendran.
He added that Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardana had discussed the modalities to get Mahendran back to Sri Lanka from Singapore with Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnana during his recent visit to Sri Lanka. (Sandun A Jayasekera)
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Andrew Silva Friday, 10 January 2020 04:45 AM
In the first place the government should not send specially women to work in Middle East countries, de cause they are treated like slaves. We are a honourable. Country.
Munsir Friday, 10 January 2020 06:59 AM
How do you know that war will be confined to iran?It is better to evacuate all Sri lankan from Middle east.
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