The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka has raised concerns over the Sri Lanka Medical Council’s (SLMC) decision to remove Russian Universities from the SLMC Approved List of universities granting scholarships.
Issuing a press release, the Cultural Section of the Russian Embassy said the SLMC had removed the universities without prior information.
The decision has been taken despite the SLMC holding several meetings with the officials of these Russian Universities who came down to Sri Lanka throughout the past years, and regular payments made to the SLMC by the universities in order to maintain the membership, it said.
The Cultural section of the Russian Embassy added that it hopes that the SLMC decision will not influence the practice of providing Russian State scholarships to Sri Lankan citizens in future. (NewsWire)
