The Health Ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russisa in order to import asbestos sheets which they claim would be non-hazardous.
The memorandum was signed between Health Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne and a representative of the Russian Embassy.
Accordingly, asbestos sheets will be custom-made for Sri Lanka in future using materials which is believed to be non-hazardous and would not pose a threat.
The government in 2017 had decided to restrict the import of asbestos from Russia by citing health reasons. Sri Lanka is the world's largest importer of asbestos sheets from Russia.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
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