Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has categorically denied the alleged statement that Sri Lanka purchased weapons from North Korea.
“The attention of the Foreign Ministry has been drawn to a news item appearing on the newsfirst.lk website titled
“We purchased weapons from North Korea using Black Market Dollars’ – Minister Basil R” dated January 31,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“The Foreign Ministry wishes to state that Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris has spoken in this regard with his Cabinet colleague, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who has categorically denied the comments attributed to him in the said news item,” the Ministry said.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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