URGENCY TO START DEPTH TALKS WITH IMF URGED BY EUROPEAN UNION

The European Union has emphasised the extreme urgency of the prevailing situation, “which requires the authorities to start in-depth discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the reforms needed to bring the Sri Lankan economy back to a sustainable path.”

In a statement, the EU calls on “all parties to explore constructive and democratic ways out of the current crisis that has taken its toll on the Sri Lankan people.”

The full statement is as follows :

The Delegation of the European Union issues the following statement together with the diplomatic missions of the EU Member States [Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania] and with the diplomatic missions of Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.