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HomeBreaking NewsRussian Envoy alerts Minister Weerasekara on terrorist financing Russian Envoy alerts Minister Weerasekara on terrorist financing 28 December 2020 05:38 am - 16
Russian Ambassador Yury B. Materiy apprised Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara about terrorist financing activities by extremist groups under the pretext of providing COVID-19 aid.
The Minister called on the Ambassador on December 24 and discussed bilateral cooperation and assistance in view of the containment of COVID-19.
According to reports, the Ambassador said many extremist groups were sending money for terrorist activities under the pretext of providing humanitarian assistance to various organisations and charities.
The Ambassador requested the minister to work closely with his counterpart in Russia to marginalise such groups. The Minister, in response to the Ambassador, said a strategy was worked out after the end of the civil war to increase the intelligence units from three