{"id":26904,"date":"2026-04-07T03:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/sri-lanka-secures-supplies-of-russia-oil-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:32:01","slug":"sri-lanka-secures-supplies-of-russia-oil-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/sri-lanka-secures-supplies-of-russia-oil-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka secures supplies of Russia oil \u2013 minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>The first deliveries of Russian crude are expected in mid-April, the island nation\u2019s transport minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka will purchase crude oil from Russia after reaching an agreement with Moscow amid the energy crisis spurred by the Middle East conflict, the island nation\u2019s transport minister, Bimal Rathnayake, has said.<\/p>\n<p>Rathnayake <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/economy\/2112471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> TASS on Monday that <em>\u201cenergy is our priority today,\u201d<\/em> adding that the US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a disruption in supplies to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRussia\u2019s deputy energy minister [Andrey Rudenko] visited Sri Lanka a few days ago. The deputy foreign minister has also visited Sri Lanka. They reached an agreement on oil supplies to the country,\u201d<\/em> Rathnayake told the news agency.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 Oil Deal Done: Sri Lanka Turns to Russia Amid Energy Crunch<\/p>\n<p>Colombo has reached an agreement with Moscow to begin oil supplies from mid-April, as it grapples with ongoing disruptions, Transport Minister Rathnayake has told TASS. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that while technical and financial\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LrXht0xVTa\">pic.twitter.com\/LrXht0xVTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT_India (@RT_India_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_India_news\/status\/2041191705073123669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He added that the first crude supplies from Russia are expected in mid-April.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTechnical work is currently underway at the company level, and financial issues are being discussed, how to conduct transactions. But at the political level, almost everything has been done,\u201d<\/em> the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Rathnayake added that although Sri Lanka exports tea to Russia, a good <em>\u201clogistic system\u201d<\/em> is essential for crude imports.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mayura Neththikumarage, a top Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) official, said last week that the island nation has only two places where fuel can be <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260401\/be4ff43a0fa644be92c391c3aca224b4\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unloaded<\/a>. Ceypetco is the only refiner in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Neththikumarage has also indicated that fuel shipments for April and May have been secured and that prices might come down marginally in June.<\/p>\n<p>The South Asian nation gets most of its crude from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), though refined petroleum products are imported from India and Singapore, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In March, Sri Lanka<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anuradisanayake\/status\/2038161871027749214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> received<\/a> 38,000 tons of fuel from India.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo has hiked fuel prices and imposed rationing to address the supply disruption.<\/p>\n<p>After the Middle East conflict erupted, Russia expressed willingness to be a key energy partner for South Asian nations, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Bilateral <a href=\"https:\/\/russiaspivottoasia.com\/russias-expanding-energy-trade-and-strategic-engagement-in-south-asia-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trade<\/a> between Russia and Sri Lanka stood at $700 million in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first deliveries of Russian crude are expected in mid-April, the island nation\u2019s transport minister has said Sri Lanka will purchase crude oil from Russia after reaching an agreement with Moscow amid the energy crisis spurred by the Middle East conflict, the island nation\u2019s transport minister, Bimal Rathnayake, has said. 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