The inaugural meeting to assess Sri Lanka’s progress on the implementation of new economic reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. These discussions will be held over a period of two weeks starting from yesterday (14) and the final discussion of the review will be held on 27 September under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Representing the Sri Lankan government in this deliberation were Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe, President’s Senior Advisor on National Security and Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayaka, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga, Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena and Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation featured prominent figures such as Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, Deputy Mission Chief Katya Svirydzenka, Mike Li, Sophia Zhang, Dmitriy Rozhkov, Noda Selim, Sandesh Dhungana, Nui Miao, Mark Adams (attending virtually), Joei Turkewitz, Nuong Lan Vu.