Sri Lankan President Calls US Tariffs National Disaster Similar to COVID-19 Pandemic

NAMPA / Sputnik

2025-04-11

NEW DELHI, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - The new US tariffs imposed on Sri Lanka are a national disaster comparable to a tsunami or the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said. "The tariffs imposed by the US on Sri Lanka are a national economic disaster like the tsunami and the COVID-19 pandemic and should be addressed at the national level," Dissanayake was quoted by the News outlet on Friday as saying at a meeting w......

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