Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President on National Security Mr Sagala Ratnayake met with the outgoing IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan and the incoming IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka Ms Sarwat Jahan at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (27).

The three-member IMF team met with Mr Sagala Ratnayake and exchanged views on prior action and debt restructuring.

Mr Ratnayake assured the IMF team that he would brief President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the matters that were discussed at this meeting and convey his response to them.

President's Senior Adviser on Economic Affairs R.H.S. Samaratunga also joined the discussion yesterday.