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.
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.