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A |     Colombo, Oct 17 (UNI) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed deep concern over the current situation in Sri Lanka and said it hopes it will be able to work fast to end the suffering, specially of the country’s poor and vulnerable.
Addressing queries put forward by the media, including that of Mirror Business at a press briefing, the IMF reiterated that although the staff-level agreement on a four-year EFF programme was reached, the initial disbursement of the programme will only come after the board meeting.
IMF Deputy Director (Asia and the Pacific) Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf said the disbursement of IMF financing was “preconditioned on the authorities taking certain prior actions on which they are already working. And importantly, on reaching a solution on the debt situation so far”, the Daily Mirror reported on Monday.
As the island nation’s debt was assessed as unsustainable at this stage, the IMF official shared that for the IMF executive board to approve it will need two specific financing assurances.
The first would be from official bilateral creditors, where the fund requires assurances that debt sustainability will be restored. The second assurance is to establish there are “good faith” efforts underway to deal with private sector debt.
Sri Lanka is currently working with its legal and financial advisors on this debt element, the Mirror said.
With regard to the timeline, Gulde-Wolf said it was difficult to be specific in this regard since the process of debt negotiations usually takes time.
IMF’s experience from its member nations in this regard was that the timeline differs depending on who the creditors were and what is involved.
“We certainly are supporting the process as much as we can. And we hope that everybody can work expeditiously to get a process underway, and discussions have been starting, including with the support of all bilateral creditors that are involved,” the report quoted her as saying.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that Sri Lanka is and will remain a middle-income country even after a decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The Fund is currently working closely with the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on programmes for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is expecting to raise up to US$ 2.0 billion worth of bilateral loans collectively from the ADB), the World Bank and other multilateral lenders as bridge financing after country secured programme support from the Fund, according to President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
UNI MR。    8月25日消息，近日，美国得克萨斯州一名女子体验亚马逊Prime Air无人机送货时遭遇离谱失误，包裹被直接空投进自家游泳池。     短短11秒的视频在海外社交平台获得病毒式传播，引发网友对无人机配送可靠性的热议，而好巧不巧，这起事故恰好发生在亚马逊宣布大规模扩张无人机配送业务的节点。         事发于得州里士满市，当事人林赛·奥斯汀第一次体验无人机送货上门，当她听到屋外巨大嗡鸣声后，便走出家门掏出手机准备拍摄配送过程。    没想到悬停在约3米高空的MK30送货无人机，当着她的面径直将包裹投进了泳池里。     虽然她及时捞起了包裹，但由于纸箱未做防水措施，箱内的干猫粮与儿童鞋垫已完全浸湿，虽然物品未彻底报废，但这次糟糕的体验让她直言再也不想使用无人机配送服务。         就在事故视频发酵的同一天，亚马逊刚对外宣布称，计划在2026年底前将Prime Air无人机送货服务覆盖范围扩大6倍，落地全美近500个城镇，全速推进低空配送规模化。

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