Sri Lanka, March 19 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from March 26 to April 9 to hold policy discussions and aims to complete the combined Fifth and Sixth reviews under Sri Lanka's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement.

This was announced by the Director of the Communications Department of the IMF, Julie Kozack, responding to a question during the weekly press briefing today (19).

"The debt restructuring is nearly complete, and gross international reserves have been increasing significantly. However, Sri Lanka, as noted, is significantly exposed to the conflict in the Middle East through trade, remittances, and tourism channels, which can weigh or may weigh on its economic outlook."

"With ...