Sri Lanka agrees to extend lease of strategic WWII oil tank farm to India for 50 years: Energy Minister
The Hindu
Sri Lanka entered the original deal with India in 2002
Sri Lanka has to lease out the strategic World War II era oil tank farm for 50 years in the eastern port district of Trincomalee, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said here on Friday.
Mr. Gammanpila said the deal will be signed next week after the Cabinet approval and is an extension of the 2002 agreement with the local operators of the Indian Oil Company, LIOC.
Sri Lanka in 2002 entered the original deal with India on the island's most strategic oil storage complex, which was used as a supply base during World War II.
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