SL to receive a further $20 Mn in humanitarian aid
Samantha Power, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), speaking at a press briefing today (11) announced 60 million USD in aid for Sri Lanka. The USAID chief said it would provide 40 Mn USD for fertilizer imports and 20 Mn USD for humanitarian needs to tackle the country’s financial crisis.
“I want to reiterate that the United States is right here standing with you in your hour of need,” she said.
“I stressed to the Sri Lankan President in my meeting earlier today that political reforms and political accountability must go hand in hand with the economic reforms and economic accountability,” she added.
The press release by the President’s Media Division is as below:Sri Lanka focusing on competitiveness and export markets to reach prosperity by 2048 – President says during meeting with Ms. Samantha Power
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he is focusing on an export oriented, very competitive market economy for Sri Lanka as the country has the opportunity of supplying South Asia, Southeast and east Asia.“Our focus is on competitiveness and export markets. That’s what we are working on looking at the industry for technology and modernizing agriculture. If you look at the region by 2050 from Saudi to Indonesia there will be an addition of 500 million mouths to feed at high income level.”
He said this during the meeting with the visiting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power who is currently in Sri Lanka on a two-day official visit.
President Wickremesinghe said that the wheels have been set in motion to make Sri Lanka a prosperous nation by 2048 as we reach the centenary of our independence.