Govt. hasn’t stopped buying fuel from Iran: Minister
Posted by Editor on February 23, 2012 - 11:22 am

In response to our story on Wednesday February 22 under the headline ‘Arabian Light fuel to replace Iranian Oil’ Minister of Petroleum Industries Susil Premajayantha yesterday said the government had not stopped buying fuel from Iran.
Courtesy: DM Online
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Good but how then prices increased.? What’s the deference of iranian & other country oils.?
We no need to USA advice listen at all,we independen nation so always should follow what for country benefits good.During the LTTE terror war iran help us many way we shouldn´t forget that.Sri lanka should import oil from iran normalli.Their middle east never will come any nuclear war,world only country mad way used nuclear bomb that america in second world war.Iranians goverment better then america goverment,iran never killed or occupation any countries.Also iranian peoples so friendly then american.