Staff-level agreement an important step forward for Sri Lanka - IMF chief

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva says she is very pleased that IMF staff and Sri Lankan
48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of about US$2.9 billion.This was at the end of an IMF mission led by Mr
Peter Breuer and Mr
Masahiro Nozaki who visited Colombo from August 24 to September 1, 2022 to continue discussions on IMF support for Sri Lanka and the
stability and debt sustainability, while safeguarding financial stability, protecting the vulnerable, and stepping up structural reforms to
additional financing from multilateral partners will be required to help ensure debt sustainability and close financing gaps.Financing
agreement with private creditors are crucial before the IMF can provide financial support to Sri Lanka, it said.
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