Sri Lanka's finance minister, Ravi Karunanayake is to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting which is to take place in Peru from October 9 to 11.
Mr Karunanayake who will be joining the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe on his visit to Japan, will leave from Japan on October 7, reports the government's official news site.
He will be holding talks with IMF and World Bank officials on increasing the annual aid given to Sri Lanka, which currently stands at US $400 million, the paper added. See more here.
*Article amended 09:34 05 Oct 2015. Correction made to Mr Karunanayake's role as finance minister, not foreign minister.
We need your support
Sri Lanka is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Tamil journalists are particularly at threat, with at least 41 media workers known to have been killed by the Sri Lankan state or its paramilitaries during and after the armed conflict.
Despite the risks, our team on the ground remain committed to providing detailed and accurate reporting of developments in the Tamil homeland, across the island and around the world, as well as providing expert analysis and insight from the Tamil point of view
We need your support in keeping our journalism going. Support our work today.
For more ways to donate visit https://donate.tamilguardian.com.
