INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said discussions with Sri Lanka on a potential IMF loan program are at an early stage and any
IMF Sri Lanka Mission Chief Masahiro Nozaki said that IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discussed lending options and policy plans
to restore debt sustainability prior to any IMF lending, including the emergency Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI).Such restoration of debt
China, one of its largest bilateral creditors.The IMF used the low-conditionality RFI loans extensively to assist countries during the
COVID-19 pandemic and has provided such loans to ease balance of payments problems after natural disasters, conflicts and commodity price
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