EU experts helping Sri Lanka assess ship disaster damage
Associated PressCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A team of technical experts from European Union are helping Sri Lanka’s government assess the environmental damage caused by the sinking of a container ship that was carrying chemicals and caught fire, the government said Friday. The experts held discussions with top Sri Lankan officials and stakeholders on Friday, a day after the Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl ship sank off the country’s main port and nearly a month after the vessel caught fire. The team include three experts sent by the European Union through the United Nations Environment Program at Sri Lanka’s request. The experts will closely work with government agencies, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, noting that Friday’s meeting focused on how the experts “could support the process with recommendations on future action to be taken by the key stakeholder agencies.” The fire broke out on the vessel on May 20 when it was anchored about 9.5 nautical miles northwest of Colombo and waiting to enter the port.
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