Sri Lanka, May 28 -- The IMF Executive Board completed the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Sri Lanka, providing the country with immediate access to SDR 508 million (about US$ 695 million) to support economic policies and reforms.

These are the sixth and seventh tranches Sri Lanka receives under the IMF-EFF.

Accordingly, the total IMF financial support disbursed so far increases to SDR 1.778 billion (about US$ 2.4 billion).

The CBSL made this statement while clarifying details regarding the fifth and sixth combined reviews of the Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka.

In a statement, the Central Bank noted that the IMF Executive Board completed the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews of...