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Anura Kumara Dissanayake
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Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said he plans to start discussions with the International Monetary Fund as part of his focus on establishing stability in the island nation before rolling out other initiatives.
“There are many plans that we want to put in place. But before that we have to achieve stability,” Dissanayake said in Sinhalese in an address to the nation on Wednesday — his first since assuming office. “We will, therefore, start talks with the IMF and push forward the matters related to Extended Fund Facility.”