25 December 2017 05:01 pm
The Minister told the Daily Mirror that Russian authorities had set several criteria to be met by the Sri Lankan tea exporters, such as to maintain purity of the containers used for tea exports and adhere to fumigation methods.
He said the Sri Lankan tea exporters had agreed to adopt the criteria set out by the Russian authorities.
A six-member team went to Moscow a few days ago for a discussion on the Russia’s recent restriction on tea imports from Sri Lanka.(Ajith Siriwardana)