INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
efforts to resolve it, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday.Suzuki made the remarks after meeting with Ranil Wickremesinghe,
president of Sri Lanka, which has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a $2.9 billion loan as the Asian
Bank.During his visit to Japan, the Sri Lankan president met Wednesday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and discussed the debt
Japanese Foreign Ministry.Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt earlier this year
The COVID-19 pandemic added to the woes of the Asian nation, already struggling financially after taking out loans from countries such as
Suzuki said, in an apparent reference to Sri Lanka.Source: Kyodo News--Agencies
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