{"id":155645,"date":"2026-04-11T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=155645"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:02:08","slug":"china-assures-uninterrupted-fuel-supply-to-sri-lanka-amid-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/04\/11\/china-assures-uninterrupted-fuel-supply-to-sri-lanka-amid-middle-east-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"China assures uninterrupted fuel supply to Sri Lanka amid Middle East tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>By Charithya Kumarasiri, Courtesy The Daily Mirror<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) &#8211; Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong said there will be no fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, assuring continued support from China despite global uncertainties linked to the Middle East crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made these remarks after attending a programme to distribute dry rations to 350 low-income families at Sri Chandananda Buddhist College in Kandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador said that while several countries are facing disruptions due to the evolving military situation in the Middle East, Sri Lanka\u2019s fuel supply will remain stable. He stressed that China is prepared to provide assistance at any time if needed. He further stated that in the event of any supply difficulties, operations could be supported through the Chinese energy company Sinopec, ensuring continuity in fuel distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaffirming long-standing bilateral ties, Ambassador Qi said China will continue to support Sri Lanka\u2019s economic stability and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charithya Kumarasiri, Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) &#8211; Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong said there will be no fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, assuring continued support from China despite global uncertainties linked to the Middle East crisis. He made these remarks after attending a programme to distribute dry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155646,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155645\/revisions\/155646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}