by Zacki Jabbar
(TI)Visiting Democratic US Congressman Heath Shuler, yesterday claimed that his country was not blocking Sri Lanka’s attempt to secure a US$ 1.9 billion IMF loan.
Schuler, when asked at press conference in Colombo as to why his country had applied pressure on the IMF to refuse Sri Lanka’s request for a standby facility, said "the US is not blocking the IMF’s loan to Sri Lanka." Full text
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