Posted on December 23rd, 2020
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Analysts
observe that in addition to China, Sri Lanka
has close relation with Iran and Russia. Russia has always stood by Sri
Lanka, they said. Russia supported Sri Lanka at UNHRC in Geneva and gave military assistance during the war. Iran gave interest
free loans as well as military items. Iran also supplied us with our crude oil requirements.
After
a lapse of a few decades when it was battling with Glastnost, Russia is now
coming back onto the international scene. Russia now plans to become a world power. Russia
started by complaining, at the start of the 74