Sri Lankan delegation off to IMF

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A Sri Lankan delegation has left for the United States to attend the 2022 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual Meeting in Washington.

The IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting is scheduled to get underway tomorrow in Washington.

The meeting will be worked-off until the 16th of October.

Officials are meeting in Washington amidst the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation, a weakened Chinese economy, and climate change.

State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe is heading the Sri Lankan delegation.

The Sri Lankan delegation comprises the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and several senior officials.