Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called President of Russia, Vladimir Putin requesting an offer of credit support to import fuel to overcome the current economic challenges.
President Rajapaksa said in a tweet that he had a very productive telephone conversation with the President Putin today (July 06) and thanked him for the assistance extended by the Russian government to overcome the challenges Sri Lanka faced in the past.
During their conversation, Sri Lankan President has also requested the Russian counterpart to resume Russian airline Aeroflot’s flight operations to Sri Lanka.
The two leaders have unanimously agreed that strengthening bilateral relations in sectors such as tourism, trade and culture is paramount in reinforcing the friendship between the two nations.