17 October 2022 09:47 am Views - 131
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he recently discussed Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring with the Chinese Finance Minister, and he is optimistic that the discussions in this regard would be concluded successfully.
The President said that the delegation headed by the State Minister of Finance, who is currently in Washington, held initial discussions on October 15 with the International Monetary Fund and the three main countries, China, India and Japan that have given loans to the country. He said that the government is giving priority to immediately solve the problem of the country’s bankruptcy and to ensure food security.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe made these remarks following an observation tour of the cultivated lands in Rathumada-Weerakandawala area in Siyambalanduwa Divisional Secretariat yesterday.
The President also discussed the progress of the implementation of the food security programme in Moneragala District with government officials.
He said that there is no problem with having debates and also recalled the statements made by some people that they would come forward and shed blood and said that one should live before shedding blood.
The President mentioned that if a proper programme is not implemented to provide food to the people, they will not have to shed blood but will starve to death. The President also stressed that politics should be discussed only in Parliament and that everyone should unite in the programme to fulfil the needs of the people.
While visiting the cultivated lands in Rathumada-Weerakandawala area in Siyambalanduwa Divisional Secretariat, the President also engaged in open discussions with the farmers.