Minister Ahamed wants to tap the Saudis for oil

The Government is still repairing diplomatic mishaps caused due to arbitrary decisions taken by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government with countries such as Japan and West Asian countries, amid the economic crisis Sri Lanka is going through.

The latest in the process of mending ties is with Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, when Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris met the Saudi Arabian Embassy's Charge d’ Affaires Abdulelah A. A. Orkobi, he sought avenues for urgent energy cooperation, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Not only that, he also urged the Saudi envoy to facilitate the visit of the Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed to Saudi Arabia from Saturday (July 2) to Tuesday (July 5) as a Special Envoy of the President of Sri Lanka.

Not only that, he also urged the Saudi envoy to facilitate the visit of the Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed to Saudi Arabia

Earlier this week, he and the Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara were in Qatar where they held ministeriallevel meetings with the Petroleum Minister and Labour Minister of Qatar to secure urgent fuel supplies and employment opportunities for Sri Lankans.

Minister Ahamed, who is fluent in Arabic and tried to secure the Energy Ministry portfolio unsuccessfully, somehow convinced government leaders that he could get the job done with Saudi authorities through his influence.