International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde will not be visiting Sri Lanka as scheduled, the IMF said yesterday.
“Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, had been tentatively scheduled to visit Sri Lanka later this month.
Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen change in her schedule, she will not be able to visit the country at that time. She is looking into the possibility of visiting Sri Lanka in the near future and we will keep you informed of her plans, IMF Spokesperson Gerry Rice said in a statement.
An IMF delegation is currently in Colombo to review progress of a US$1.5 billion loan approved in June 2016 which was mainly to strengthen foreign reserves.
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