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Sri Lankan prez anticipates IMF visit in two weeks

Sri Lankan prez anticipates IMF visit in two weeks

Colombo, Sep 20 (UNI) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that his country is anticipating a mission from the International Monetary Fund in two weeks, media reports said.
“In two weeks when the IMF team comes, we have to say that we will implement the agreement and give the next installment,” President Wickremesinghe told a rally in Homagama Wednesday.
“If not, we will have to say that we will change it. Then the installment will not come. Then the rupee will fall to 500 to the dollar.

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