Sri Lanka’s authorities offered Iran to return debt for the oil supplied by oil, reports BBC News with reference to the Minister of Plantations of the Republic of Ramesh pathhiran.
According to information, Sri Lanka duty for Iranian oil is about $ 251 million. But problems arose. First, international sanctions against Iran, due to which it is impossible to simply translate the amount of debt through Iranian banks. And the tea assigned to the UN to the category of products first needed and its exports to Iran will not violate any international laws.
Secondly, Sri Lanka is experiencing a serious debt and currency crisis against a pandemic background, which aggravated by a decrease in revenues to the budget from the tourism industry. And the calculation of tea, and not dollars would allow the country to save the muchly necessary foreign currency now.
Sri Lanka proposes to pay off debt of $ 251 million over several years, monthly after $ 5 million tea in Iran