Indian Foreign Secretary led delegation arrived in Sri Lanka this morning.

Ajay Seth and Chief Economic Advisor to the Indian Government Dr V. Ananth Nageswaran too are in the delegation.

Discussions are to be centered around assessing Sri Lanka’s economic conditions .

India is among the first few countries to extend its assistance to Sri Lanka to mitigate the current economic crisis. 

The neighboring friendly country has provided a concessional loan of USD 1 billion to Sri Lanka for the supply of food, fuel, medicines, and other essential items, while a majority of the Credit Line was utilized for the purchase of fuel.

However ,Sri Lanka’s request for a further credit line of USD 500 million is still under consideration

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