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Reuters 11 hrs ago By Uditha Jayasinghe

By Uditha Jayasinghe

(Reuters) -Financial advisory group Lazard has started talks with India, China and Japan on restructuring Sri Lanka's debt, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka government said on Tuesday, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.

Lazard was hired by Sri Lanka in May, along with international lawyers Clifford Chance, to guide the government through the process of restructuring its debt, for which estimates range from $85 billion to well over $100 billion.

Earlier this month, the IMF said it had reached a preliminary agreement with Sri Lanka for a loan of about $2.9 billion. But for the deal to go through, the country will require debt relief from China, India and Japan, its three main international lenders.

"They are in the process of speaking to India, China, Japan, mainly to ensure we come to some sort of consensus," acting cabinet spokesperson Ramesh Pathirana told reporters, referring to Lazard.

"We will keep our fingers crossed that we will be able to come to an agreement."

The three countries hold about $13 billion of Sri Lanka's debt, while China is Sri Lanka's largest bilateral creditor.

Sri Lanka is also expected to formally reach out to private creditors who hold about $12 billion in bonds later this week, a government source told Reuters.

"The government is planning to start talks with the ambassadors of China, U.S., Japan and India next week on debt restructuring," the source said, declining to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media.

Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worst financial crisis in seven decades, leaving it with paltry foreign exchange reserves to pay for critical imports of fuel, food and medicine.

(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe in Colombo; Writing by Tanvi Mehta in New Delhi; Editing by Tom Hogue and Edmund Klamann)

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Lazard in talks with China, India, Japan on Sri Lanka debt

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Reuters 11 hrs ago By Uditha Jayasinghe By Uditha Jayasinghe (Reuters) -Financial advisory group Lazard has started talks with India, China and Japan on restructuring Sri Lanka's debt, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka government said on Tuesday, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.

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New Delhi: India does not plan to provide fresh financial support to Sri Lanka on top of the nearly $4 billion it has extended this year, two sources told Reuters, as the island's battered economy starts to stabilise after a preliminary loan agreement with the IMF. India has been the biggest provider of aid this year to its southern neighbour, which is fighting its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades and struggling to pay for imports, although the situation now is less severe than it was between May and July.

"We have already given $3.8 billion worth of assistance. Now it's all about the IMF," an Indian government source with direct knowledge of discussions with Sri Lanka told Reuters. "Countries can't keep giving assistance."

A Sri Lankan government source said India's decision was not a surprise and that New Delhi had "signalled" to them a few months ago that there would be little further large-scale support forthcoming.

The source, however, said that India would be invited to a donor conference that Sri Lanka was planning to hold with Japan, China and possibly, South Korea, later this year. Another Sri Lankan government source said that talks between India and Sri Lanka for a $1 billion swap arrangement and its request for a second $500 million credit line to purchase fuel, made in May, had made little headway.
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The sources declined to be named, since they were not authorised to speak to media. India's finance ministry, and Sri Lanka's finance ministry and its central bank did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Sri Lanka and IMF preliminary agreement

Sri Lanka and the IMF reached a preliminary agreement in early September for a loan of about $2.9 billion, which is contingent on the country receiving financing assurances from official creditors and negotiations with private creditors.

"Our focus is more on taking forward the IMF programme and getting ourselves out of this mess on our own," said one of the Sri Lankan sources. Sri Lanka has worked to use its limited foreign exchange reserves to meet fuel imports and reallocate funding from multilateral agencies for other critical imports, including fertiliser, cooking gas and medicine, said the other Sri Lankan source.

The country of 22 million people has been battling shortages of essentials, including fuel, food and medicines, for months after its foreign exchange reserves dropped to record lows, stalling imports and stoking unprecedented public unrest.

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'USD 3.8 billion given already, can't give more': Govt sources say no plan to provide more funds to Sri Lanka

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New Delhi: India does not plan to provide fresh financial support to Sri Lanka on top of the nearly $4 billion it has extended this year, two sources told Reuters, as the island's battered economy starts to stabilise after a preliminary loan agreement with the IMF.

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Yuan Wang 5 arrives in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port after a delay amid reported concerns from India and the US.

China's research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, arrives at Hambantota port on August 16, 2022 [Ishara S Kodikara/ AFP]

A Chinese research ship has docked at a Sri Lankan port after a days-long delay, reportedly because of concerns raised by India and the United States.

The Yuan Wang 5 entered Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on Tuesday morning, and was welcomed by Chinese diplomats and port officials, according to the Colombo Gazette.

The satellite tracking ship was initially scheduled to arrive in Hambantota port, a facility built and leased by Chinese companies and located on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, on August 11.

But the Sri Lankan foreign ministry deferred the five-day replenishment visit on August 8, citing "certain concerns", apparently due to protests from New Delhi and Washington, according to media reports.

The Reuters news agency, citing a government source, said India objected to the ship's visit, with Indian media describing the 730-foot vessel (222.5 metres) as a dual-use spy ship. The Pentagon, in its latest report on China's military, had said the Yuan Wang vessels are operated by the Strategic Support Force of the People's Liberation Army. It said the ships can be used to monitor satellite, rocket and ballistic missile launches.

India's foreign ministry, however, rejected reports that it pressured Sri Lanka to turn the Yuan Wang away.

Arindam Bagchi, spokesman for India's foreign ministry, said on Friday that "we reject categorically the 'insinuation' and such statement about India". He added, "Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions."

The Washington Post, meanwhile, reported that US officials had also lobbied against the ship's planned visit.

Citing a Sri Lankan government official, the Post said a Chinese navy ship arriving at Hambantota was not strategically significant, but that Indian and US officials had argued that it would be "viewed as Sri Lanka giving special treatment to China, a major creditor," at a time when the country is grappling with its worst-ever economic crisis and trying to renegotiate its international debt.

China, which has been vying for influence in Sri Lanka, is the country's largest creditor and has provided the country in the past with billions of dollars for development projects, including for the construction of the Hambantota port. Sri Lanka has since been struggling to repay the loans, and in 2017, handed over commercial activities at the $1.5bn port to a Chinese company for 99 years in exchange for debt relief. At the time, the move raised concern in India that China could use the port as a military base.

There was no official comment from the US on the Post's claims.

Amid the diplomatic standoff, the Yuang Wang 5 reportedly reduced speed and turned around at sea, and China's foreign ministry said it was "completely unjustified for certain countries to cite the so-called 'security concerns' to pressure Sri Lanka".

It also urged "the relevant parties to see China's marine scientific research activities in a rational light and stop disrupting normal exchange and cooperation between China and Sri Lanka".

Ultimately, Sri Lanka's foreign ministry on Saturday announced it had permitted a port call.

The ministry said in a statement that it had "engaged in extensive consultations at a high level through diplomatic channels with all parties concerned".

The ship would be allowed to stay in Sri Lanka until August 22, it said, on the condition that it would keep its identification systems on and would not carry out any research activities in the country's waters.

It added that its intention was to "safeguard the legitimate interests of all countries" and was thankful for the support from partners at a time when the country was trying to address its severe economic challenges.

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Chinese survey ship docks in Sri Lanka after diplomatic standoff

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Sri Lanka's economy shrinks 8.4% amid fertiliser, fuel shortages

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Reuters 6 hrs ago By Uditha Jayasinghe By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines seen in a three-month period, amid fertiliser and fuel shortages during the nation's most severe financial crisis in more than seven decades.

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Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring, IMF bailout plans to creditors on Friday

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Sri Lanka will present to its international creditors on Friday the full extent of its economic troubles and plans for a multi-billion dollar IMF bailout.

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Hindustan Times 50 minutes ago Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi

India on Tuesday said it will continue to extend support to crisis-hit Sri Lanka "by promoting long-term investments" in key economic sectors in the island nation for its early economic recovery and growth.

The embassy in Sri Lanka issued a statement in this regard in the wake of reports that it will not provide further financial support to the island nation that is in the throes of a severe economic crisis (said to be one of the worst in decades). The crisis triggered widespread protests earlier this year forcing Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign as President and Ranil Wickremesinghe to take over as the day-long unrest brought the country to a standstill.
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"We continue to be supportive of Sri Lanka in all possible ways, in particular by promoting long-term investments from India in key economic sectors in Sri Lanka for its early economic recovery and growth," the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka said in a statement.

It said India has extended bilateral assistance amounting close to $4 billion this year to Sri Lanka. Besides, India has advocated to other bilateral and multilateral partners supporting Sri Lanka expeditiously in its current economic difficulties.
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The high commission further said India had ongoing development projects worth about $3.5 billion in Sri Lanka and the country's citizens will continue to avail of scholarships for higher education and skills training in premier Indian institutions.

"These aspects of our close and long-standing cooperation with Sri Lanka also contribute to the efforts for addressing Sri Lanka's current economic difficulties," it added.

Since the beginning of the year, India has extended financial aid to India, including lines of credit, a currency swap and deferring of loan repayments.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the international lender said in a statement earlier this month - a development expected to help the country stir out of the crisis.

A day ago, Sri Lanka's high commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda expressed his gratitude to India for providing a "strong lifeline" to the island nation and hoped that it will play a crucial role in the economic revival of his country.

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Hindustan Times 50 minutes ago Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi India on Tuesday said it will continue to extend support to crisis-hit Sri Lanka "by promoting long-term investments" in key economic sectors in the island nation for its early economic recovery and growth.

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ri Lanka's been a joke for a while. At least for those compelled to live here. A deeply unfunny joke without a punchline. An island of uncanny beauty, blessed with an abundance of resources and a vibrant and literate population, Sri Lanka manages to produce ugliness on a consistent basis across a range of catastrophes.

The country has an unending supply of tragedy, absurdity and unorthodox cricketers, though it has run short of most other things - like petrol, gas, electricity, imports and competent leaders. As the economic crisis deepens, queues lengthen and prices soar, the output of jokes, memes, cartoons, skits, TikToks and fake news sites has been prolific.

It helps that each week brings new absurdities. On 9 July, the citizenry stormed the state's buildings and ended up jumping in the president's pool, bouncing on his bed and taking selfies on his many thrones. Days later, the president resigned by email, to be replaced by a six-time prime minister, repeatedly rejected by parliament and the electorate for the job he now occupies.

For the past few weeks, the populace has spent days and nights in petrol queues playing cards, singing songs and alternately cursing and sharing jokes about the bumbling leaders who got us here.

They range from parody songs and crude Photoshop jobs to sharply sketched cartoons and corny WhatsApp jokes. At the forefront, at least among English-speaking Twitter followers, is News Curry, an anonymous fake news factory reminiscent of the Onion. When the newly anointed president appointed a cabinet of zero women, the headline read, "I Empower Women - I Even Appointed One As My Wife".

While the nation has seen wars, tsunamis and dictatorships, it has also seen beauty pageants where former queens storm the stage to confiscate the winner's crown, parliamentary debates that descend into furniture-throwing brawls, a honey-based cure for Covid touted as an alternative to vaccines, and a floundering government placing more trust in astrologers than in economists during a debt crisis.

Sri Lankans smile for most things, which is frequently mistaken for friendliness by tourists and tourist brochures. While Sri Lankans are welcoming and hospitable at the best of times, the smile is more an attempt to save face and avoid confrontation. It's a mask to hide confusion, contempt and anger, a tool to disarm an adversary and keep tensions from escalating. Though in recent times, Sri Lankan laughter is both a coping mechanism in crisis and an effective way of deposing tyrants.

Inside the compound of the presidential palace on 9 July. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

During the Rajapaksa family's first stint in government, from 2005-15, journalists who questioned the regime's autocracy disappeared, like cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda, or were assassinated in broad daylight, like newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, or driven into exile, like Frederica Jansz, who reported on Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then defence minister, offloading a commercial flight to transport a puppy from Zurich. The white van abductions that followed dissenters became a meme in itself, though not a very funny one.

After the 2019 Easter attacks, the Rajapaksas were voted back in by 6.9 million, as populist strongmen who would keep Sri Lanka safe from terror, and as technocrats who would deliver "vistas of prosperity". Many feared the Rajapaksas would double down on stifling dissent, baiting minorities, robbing state coffers and piling up debt. However, something was different this time.

The unstable coalition government from 2015 to 2019, based on good governance - or yahapalanaya - may not have delivered on the bulk of its promises, but it had restored free media and enabled free speech. Perhaps this emboldened Sri Lankans to poke fun at the regime they previously feared. The blatant nepotism, the tone-deaf populism and the staggering incompetence were mocked by hit theatre shows like Feroze Kamardeen's Puswedilla series; the debt crisis was satirised by YouTube sketch comedians Blok and Dino; and the day-to-day absurdity was made fun of by political cartoonists in broadsheets, opinionated morning radio hosts and hundreds of anonymous meme-makers on social media and messaging apps.

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Basil Rajapaksa. Photograph: Amitha Thennakoon/Rex

But just like the Sri Lankan smile, behind Sri Lankan laughter lurk uncomfortable truths. Take Basil Rajapaksa, the youngest brother - reportedly the strategist and organiser behind the family's electoral triumphs. He was also the finance minister who presided over economic meltdown before being forced to resign with the first wave of the Aragalaya (struggle), as the nationwide protests came to be known.

One of his last interviews was less concerned with impending economic doom and more with the dangers of crows at Katunayake airport flying into aeroplanes. It didn't help that Basil's limited English vocabulary did not include the word "crow"; he referred to the birds by their Sinhala name of kaputas, thus sealing his own nickname and inspiring some of the catchier chants of the Aragalaya, which rid the island of him and his brother Gotabaya, the president.

A depressing truth lay beyond the caricature. How could a man unable to say the word crow pronounce bigger words such as debt restructuring, bridging finance and austerity measures, when negotiating with the International Monetary Fund?

Despite all the self-inflicted tragedies, as all those who have visited and who live here know, Sri Lanka is not a miserable place

But despite all the self-inflicted tragedies, as all those who have visited and those who live here know, Sri Lanka is not a miserable place - not yet, at least. While Sri Lankans negotiate queues and rising prices and wait for the economic hitmen to save them, the jokes will continue to write themselves. The band will keep playing while the ship sinks. The papare trumpets will blare while the team loses.

News Curry is predictably coy about who and how many they are. "We are the voice of reason or treason, depending on who's doing the laughing," they say in an online exchange. "We are anonymous for security reasons and to prevent the state from having the last laugh."

These days, it is difficult to tell the difference between News Curry headlines and actual ones, like "No more nepotism, says MP Namal Rajapaksa" - nephew and son of two former presidents.
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In the tough months ahead, Sri Lankans may draw strength from their ability to grin at tragedies and laugh at their fears. Though perhaps it is also time to get serious about reform and recovery, to elect a new generation of serious men and women with serious solutions, and to give the jokers a rest.

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Sri Lanka likes to laugh but our political reforms are no joke

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ri Lanka's been a joke for a while. At least for those compelled to live here. A deeply unfunny joke without a punchline. An island of uncanny beauty, blessed with an abundance of resources and a vibrant and literate population, Sri Lanka manages to produce ugliness on a consistent basis across a range of catastrophes.

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Sri Lanka debt default has begun, says rating agency

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The country is scheduled to make $78m of interest payments on its international bonds on Monday.

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India shrugs off report claiming it stopped financial aid to Sri Lanka, promises support through long-term investments

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Colombo: India on Tuesday shrugged off a report claiming it has stopped financial support to crisis-hit Sri Lanka and went on to promise continued help through long-term investments. India has given nearly USD4 billion of financial help this year alone to the island nation as it faced its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.

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Sri Lanka to Ensure Equity Among Creditors in Debt Restructure

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Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate surged to more than 70% in August as it struggles with its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.

Official data also showed food prices rose by 84.6% compared to a year ago.

The South Asian nation of 22m people was plunged into financial and political chaos this year as it faced a shortage of foreign currencies.

The country has been unable to afford key imports - including fuel, fertiliser and medicine.

Last month, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it expected inflation to ease, as the country's economy slowed, after peaking at about 70%.

Official figures released last week showed that the economy had contracted by 8.4% in the three months to the end of August.

Before the pandemic, Sri Lanka was heavily reliant on tourism for foreign currencies, including the US dollar.

However, border closures aimed to slow the spread of Covid-19 kept tourists away and took a major toll on the country's economy.

That, along with years of financial mismanagement, led to Sri Lanka defaulting on its debts earlier this year.

Earlier this month, Sri Lanka reached a preliminary deal with the International Monetary Fund for a $2.9bn (£2.6bn) loan. However, the agreement hinges on the country also receiving funds from private creditors.

On Tuesday, India said it had started talks with Sri Lanka on restructuring its debt and said it would also offer long-term investments. India previously provided almost $4bn in financial aid to its smaller neighbour.

India also deferred payment on Sri Lankan imports of about $1.2bn and offered a credit line of $55m for fertiliser imports.

Sri Lankan government officials are due to meet creditors on Friday, to discuss the extent of the country's economic problems and a proposal to restructure its debts.

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Sri Lanka inflation rate jumps above 70%

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Every state minister gets 6 vehicles for him & his staff to use & each vehicle gets 500 litres of fuel per month. We have 37 of them; which means 222 vehicles & 111,000 litres of fuel per month.

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A call to the police including the whole family of the little struggler...

 The Bemmulla police station called all the family members to the police stating that it was an investigation related to the struggle. The child's father has been arrested and taken away by the police.

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The Bemmulla police station called all the family members to the police stating that it was an investigation related to the struggle. The child's father has been arrested and taken away by the police. pic.twitter.com/S3ZYzGYkzI
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Closed out my trip with @USAID’s Sri Lankan staff. They are spurring economic development even while dealing with the challenges of fuel rationing and spiraling food prices in their own lives. I have such gratitude to them for their dedication and brilliant work.

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— Samantha Power (@PowerUSAID) September 12, 2022

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This article details how this severe debt crisis is widespread globally and that 46 of the nations in the 53 written about have acquired a over three quarters of a trillion dollars combined which is much higher than they can handle.

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Sri Lanka & 53 poor nations urgently need debt relief: UN

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COLOMBO (News 1st) - Cascading global crises have left 54 countries including Sri Lanka – home to more than half of the world’s poorest people - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertai…