斯里兰卡司法部长Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe提到，两年前在一场大火中被烧毁的“X-Press Pearl”号在斯里兰卡西海岸沉没，其保险公司最近向斯里兰卡政府支付一笔临时款项，用于支付海洋环境保护局（简称MEPA）海滩清理的费用，以及对受海事灾难影响的渔民的赔偿。

他补充说，斯里兰卡财政部已收到89万美元和1600万卢比的临时付款，用于支付MEPA的费用和受影响渔民的赔偿。

这笔款项是作为临时款项提供的，用于补偿渔民以及海保局因X-Press Pearl火灾事件清洁该国海岸线所产生的费用。

2021年5月20日，一艘悬挂新加坡国旗的集装箱船在成功服役三个月后，在距科伦坡约16公里处起火，斯里兰卡经历了最令人痛心的海洋生态灾难之一，该船运输了约1500个集装箱，其中包括25吨硝酸。

浓烟和大火持续了将近两个星期。它们导致受损容器、塑料颗粒、微塑料、化学品和其他有害物质大量泄漏到原始海洋中。

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英文原文

The insurers of X-Press Pearl, which sank off Sri Lanka’s western coast after it was gutted in a huge fire two years back, have recently cleared an interim payment to Sri Lanka’s Government to cover the cost incurred by the Maritime Environment Protection Authority (abbreviated the MEPA) for beach clean-up operations and compensation for the fishermen impacted by the maritime disaster, mentioned Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, the Minister of Justice.

He added that the Sri Lankan Treasury has received USD 890,000 and INR 16 million as interim payment for the costs incurred by the MEPA and the compensation for impacted fisherfolks.

The amount has been provided as an interim payment to compensate the fishermen and for costs incurred by the MEPA for cleaning the country’s coastline owing to the X-Press Pearl fire incident.

Sri Lanka experienced one of the most distressing marine ecological disasters after the Singapore-flagged container vessel, three months after being successfully commissioned, caught on fire about 16 km off Colombo on 20 May 2021, transporting about 1,500 containers that included 25 tons of nitric acid.

Smoke and fire continued for almost two weeks. They resulted in a terrible spillage of impaired containers, plastic pellets, microplastics, chemicals, and other harmful substances into the pristine sea.

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