Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the finance minister, said on Thursday that the government was targeting USD 5 billion this year for repayments, plus a further USD 1 billion to bolster the country’s reserves.
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He also said that the ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout could be concluded by the end of this month.