Japanese delegation reiterates support for SL’s debt restructuring process

State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that the Japanese delegation reiterated their continuous support in the debt restructuring process.

This was said in a discussion which focused on the current economic situation in Sri Lanka as well as the reforms and measures implemented so far to overcome this challenging situation. The discussion was held on Tuesday between the delegation of the Japanese Embassy in Sri Lanka and Finance Ministry officials including State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, at the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies.

Yutaka Arima, Assistant Minister/Director General, Department of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tstsumi Taro, Director of Southwest Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mizukoshi Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan, Katsuki Kotaro, Minister/Deputy Head of Mission, Iwase Kiichiro, Deputy

Director of Southwest Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ohashi Kenji, First Secretary/Head Development Cooperation Division, Secretary to the Treasury of Sri Lanka Mahinda Siriwardena, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Priyantha Ratnayake, Additional Director General of the Department of Foreign Resources Sampath Mantrinayake were present in this discussion.