Sri Lankan governor denies country is seeking IMF deal

Governor publicly contradicts finance minister’s statement on IMF aid as crisis deepens

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Central Bank of Sri Lanka governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal

Sri Lanka’s central bank governor contradicted comments by the country’s finance minister that it was seeking International Monetary Fund emergency aid, media reports said.

Finance minister Basil Rajapaksa said on February 2 that an IMF team would “advise us on how to deal with the situation”, Agence France-Presse reported. “We need to find out what their conditions are” before accepting any aid, he added.

Sri Lankan media outlet News First reported Rajapaksa had said the country had requested

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