Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that he will go ahead with the devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka and continue with his unpopular decisions to ensure that the bankrupt country recovered from the economic crisis
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry soon after his arrival in Colombo, as India informed the IMF its assurance for providing a much-needed bailout to the cash-strapped island nation.
The island nation spends $500 million each month importing oil. This summer, massive public outrage over the forex crisis forced President Rajapaksa to quit. 23.11.2022, Sputnik International
The protest, also known as the Aragalaya- a Sinhalese word for struggle , disrupted work for a prolonged period at the Presidential Secretariat, which had gone through heavy damages during the agitation and required necessary renovations.