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Sri Lanka seeks waiver for Iranian oil imports

Colombo,Oct 21 ( UNI) Sri Lanka has sought advice from India over its strategy on purchasing oil from Iran in the light of tightening US sanctions during bilateral talks.
According to a statement published by the office of Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country’s Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has sought information on how India will act in the case of tighter sanctions from Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Sri Lankan leading economic news agency ‘Economynext’ reported.
The US has unilaterally withdrawn from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and is set to reimpose the second wave of fresh sanctions on the Islamic Republic on Nov. 5.
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