Sri Lanka looks to restart talks on stalled international funds

<p>Sri Lanka's government is looking to restart talks on funding that was stalled during the two months of political turmoil following the president's sacking of the prime minister and attempted dissolution of parliament.&nbsp;</p> <p>"We will commence re-negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Millennium Challenge Corporation of USA and the Japan International Corporation Agency for the stalled funds in January 2019 now that the Constitutional crisis has been democratically overcome," State Minister of Finance, Eran Wickremeratne said on Saturday.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the government's news portal, US $ 1.5 billion in funds has been put on hold.<br> &nbsp;</p>