12 September 2020 12:00 am
Russia concerned that no prior information given
The Sri Lanka Medical Council’s (SLMC) decision to remove three prominent Russian State Universities from the SLMC Approved List without prior information, has caused much concern in Russia, the Cultural Section of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka said.
In a statement, it said the People’s Friendship University of Russia (formerly known as Patrice Lumumba University), Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and Tver State Medical University have been removed from the SLMC’s Approved List. “The three universities have been removed without prior information, despite the fact that the SLMC held several meetings with the officials of these Russian Universities who came down to Sri Lanka throughout the past years, and regular payments were made by the universities in order to maintain the membership, to the SLMC ,” it said.