COLOMBO (News 1st); Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held a discussion on Tuesday (7) with the Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, regarding the current economic situation in the country.

The Prime Minister requested that the staff-level delegation from the IMF visit Sri Lanka as soon as possible so that the staff-level agreement could be finalised.

The Prime Minister explained that negotiations regarding bridging finance was reliant on Sri Lanka and the IMF concluding a staff-level agreement.

The Managing Director expressed her willingness to support Sri Lanka in these difficult times, said the Prime Minister’s Media Division.

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