[Sri Lanka] - Sri Lanka says board approval for IMF bailout likely in first quarter this year

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lankas Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena has guaranteed that favorable actions have actually been gotten so far with concerns to the
bailout due to be received by Sri Lanka from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Responding to a concern at the Cabinet rundown today (17 Jan.), the minister noted that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry had
actually ensured that favorable reactions have actually been gotten referring to the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) which Sri Lanka is looking
for from the IMF
Hence, he kept in mind that arrangements are currently being reached in between India, China and Japan about the restructuring of Sri Lankas
debt, adding that the board approval for the IMF bailout will likely be signed in the very first quarter of 2023, based upon these
arrangements
A current report put forth by the Standard Chartered Bank, however, had exposed that board approval for the bailout will likely be signed in
the second quarter of 2023, owing to delays in protecting monetary assurances from its bilateral lenders
Requirement Chartereds Global Research report also read that this could further delay settlements with industrial financial institutions,
which are also expected to be pushed back to the 2nd half of 2023.