The Japanese Embassy, in Colombo, in a statement, said that President Wickremesinghe and Minister Yoshimasa shared the common understanding that debt restructuring should be carried out with the participation of all the creditor countries, in a transparent and comparable manner.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa yesterday (27).
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has underscored the importance of implementing development finance in a transparent and fair manner in line with the international rules and standards when he met the visiting President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (27).
The Japanese Embassy, in Colombo, in a statement, said that President Wickremesinghe and Minister Yoshimasa shared the common understanding that debt restructuring should be carried out with the participation of all the creditor countries, in a transparent and comparable manner.
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President Wickremesinghe is in Japan to attend the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo ABE.
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The Japanese Minister has expressed Japan’s willingness to support the development of Sri Lanka in order to implement Japan’s vision of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) and referred to Japan’s humanitarian assistance of 3 million USD in addition to 3.5 million USD already pledged. President Wickremesinghe has expressed his gratitude for Japan’s assistance.
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