Sabry et al heads to IMF

by Amani Nilar 17-04-2022 | 10:27 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Minister of Finance PC Ali Sabry and a delegation left the island this morning (17) for discussions with the International Monetary Fund.-

The delegation, which left for Washington, D.C., included Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance K.M.M. Siriwardena and a senior delegation from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank.

Finance Minister Sabry recently stated to foreign media that talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would begin on Monday (18) seeking $ 4 billion in aid.

A senior Spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance stated that the first round of talks with the International Monetary Fund is scheduled to take place until April 24th.

He said that technical level discussions with representatives of the International Monetary Fund were already being held online for six days since last week.