Irans Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry stressed the significant potential for advancing trade and tourism cooperation between the two countries. During a press conference held in Tehran on Saturday, Amirabdollahian hailed Sabry's visit to Iran as a new milestone in the development of diplomatic ties ...

Iran has agreed to import tea from Sri Lanka to settle an old debt owed by the country for imports of oil from Iran. Irans deputy trade minister Alireza Peymanpak said on Wednesday that he had reached good agreements on the issue during a trip to Sri Lanka earlier this week. Peymanpak said that the barter system will allow the settlement of around ...

MNA Sri Lanka, which is dependent on Iranian light crude, has sought advice from India over its strategy on purchasing oil from the country in the light of tightening US sanctions during bilateral talks. According to a statement published by the office of Sri Lankas Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the countrys Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga ...

IRNA - Iran's Foreign Minister said in a Twitter post on Wednesday his meetings with Sri Lankan high-ranking officials helped consolidation of bilateral relations between the two nations. 'Just finished excellent meetings with the President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament & the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, consolidating long ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Sri Lankan counterpart in Colombo discussing bilateral economic relations and the most important regional and international issues. During their first-round meeting, the two sides discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation and further explore fields of bilateral ties, including ...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sat down for talks with Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya late Tuesday. During the meeting, both sides underlined the need for deepening ties in all fields, particularly parliamentary relations. Foreign Minister Zarif arrived in Colombo on Tuesday to hold talks with high-ranking officials ...

IFP - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have discussed regional and international issues in a meeting in Colombo. During the Tuesday talks, Sirisena highlighted the friendly and age-old relations between the two countries and described his trip to Iran in May as a constructive one....

Press TV - Sri Lanka says it is considering a plan to settle payments to Iran for previous oil purchases by exporting tea to the country at equivalent values. The announcement was made by the Sri Lanka Tea Board which said a total of $250 million that the countrys Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owed Iran could offset payment for a year of ...

May 14, The Iran Project - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation arrived in Tehran on Sunday (May 13) and was officially welcomed by his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. While in Tehran, he held talks with President Rouhani and was received by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah ...

ISNA Iran's Supreme Leader, here on Sunday received the visiting Sri Lankan president. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena conferred on Sunday with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on issues of mutual interests. Sirisena arrived in Tehran on Sunday at the invitation of President Hassan Rouhani for an official ...

ISNA | Borna Qasemi: Iran and Sri Lanka signed five agreements on mutual cooperation in various areas in a Sunday ceremony in Tehran. The ceremony where the documents were signed was attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his visiting Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena. The agreements include four mutual cooperation deals as well ...

IFP- Iran and Sri Lanka signed five agreements on mutual cooperation in various areas in a Sunday ceremony in Tehran. The ceremony where the documents were signed was attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his visiting Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena, reported the Iranian governments website dolat.ir. The agreements include ...

President.ir: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially welcomed his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena at Saadabad Cultural and Historical Complex in Tehran on Sunday.    

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially welcomed his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena at Saadabad Cultural and Historical Complex in Tehran on Sunday. Sirisena heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation is in Tehran on an official visit. The trip aims to promote relations between two countries. The talks between ...

MNA Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will arrive in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day state visit. Mr. Sirisena, whose visit will take place at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart, is expected to hold meetings with his Iranian counterpart as well as other Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. According ...

IRNA Iranian Majlis (Parliament) speaker Ali Larijani finished his 6-day tour to Vietnam and Sri Lanka on Friday. During his visit to Vietnam, Larijani held talks with Vietnamese prime minister, parliament speaker as well as head of joint trade council of Vietnam and Iran and participated in a trade gathering of both countries' businessmen. In ...

MNA Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament, told his Sri Lankan counterpart on Thursday that bilateral relations are moving forward in areas of politics, culture, and legislation. The Iranian parliament has approved signing of the exchange of prisoners' treaty with Sri Lanka and it can be put into practice, said Ali Larijani, the Speaker ...

MNA Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament, reassured the members of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce that Iranian government and parliament support the expansion of ties between the two countries. The Iranian parliament and government support the expansion of trade and industry ties with Sri Lanka, said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian ...

MNA Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament told Ranil Wickremesinghe the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka during a meeting on Thursday that chambers of commerce can be very helpful in expansion of bilateral ties. Considering the lengthy background of trade relations between Iran and Sri Lanka, the chambers of commerce of the two countries ...

MNA Ali Larijani, the Iranian Parliament Speaker, told the media, on Wednesday upon arriving in Sri Lanka, that Iran and Sri Lanka should increase their trade interactions and develop political and trade ties. Iran has always have had good relations with Sri Lank in areas of trade and politics, although with tides and ebbs but it has always been ...