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Questions were raised in parliament today on the proposed oil refinery project in Hambantota which was supposed to be a joint venture with Oman, according to Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BoI). The claim was later denied by Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas.
UPFA MP Kanchana Kumara Wijesekera questioned on the US $ 3.8 billion project saying the government of Oman had denied that it is going to be a part of it, though a Sri Lankan minister has stated it is going to be a joint venture between the two countries. They referred to a report which said Under Secretary Ministry of Oil and Gas in Oman, Salim al-Aufi, had denied the claim.
“We are not against foreign investors but it should not be like the Volkswagen project which never got off the ground,” MP Wijesekera said. MP Wijesekera then wanted the Minister of Public Distribution and Economic Reforms, Dr Harsha De Silva, to clarify on the matter. Dr De Silva who responded said the BoI will issue a detailed statement on the issue. “I had to go through difficulties by talking of Volkswagen and therefore I don’t want to talk of this project. Besides I am not much aware of the proposed project in Hambantota,” Dr. De Silva said.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who joined the cross talk, said the Omani Government was not the main partner of this project. "I saw the letter sent by the Omani Government. It says they have an interest in this matter and want to have further discussions," he said. Responding to a question raised by MP Wijesekara, the Prime Minister said Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara had responded to a question saying that Omani Government was also interested to take a stake.
There have been discussions on a 30 per cent stake. I said to try and make it up to 40 per cent if they are interested," he said..( Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)
Jaliya Friday, 22 March 2019 07:13 AM
Oman ministry of oil and gas has more intelligence than our BOI group and the subjected minister who informed of the convincing lie on the joint venture. No country is in their right mind will invest a single cent in a place where the political instability lead by an uneducated political clan who are born to tarnish the image of this country.
SL Friday, 22 March 2019 07:24 AM
There is a matching Sinhalese idioms "Muhudata Hathgauwwak thiyedd ambude gahanawa " .
Jaliya Friday, 22 March 2019 07:25 AM
Yesterday we established the fact that 80% of local labor is addicted to drugs. I have provided the indisputable evidence of the leaning building in colombo. Today we are so confident that Oman oil and gas will invest $3.8B in an oil refinery and use the drug infested laborers as the primary workforce. Do I need to remind you what could happen to the entire bottom half of sri lanka when these workers light up a match at work to smoke pot ?
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