Sri Lanka faces deep recession as prime minister admits nation is bankrupt

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Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute pain of its unprecedented economic crisis will linger until at least the end of next year, the country's prime minister says:

will linger until at least the end of next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Tuesday.

He said Sri Lanka's ongoing bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund depended on finalising a debt restructuring plan with creditors by August."Due to the state of bankruptcy our country is in, we have to submit a plan on our debt sustainability to them separately. Only when are satisfied with that plan can we reach an agreement."

Sri Lanka is almost entirely without petrol and the government has shut down non-essential public services in an effort to conserve fuel.

 

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