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Sri Lankan FM to visit India to formalise economic relief package

Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa will visit India in a fortnight to formalise India’s economic relief package for the island nation facing a serious forex crisis, Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris said on Tuesday.

This will be Mr. Rajapaksa's second visit to New Delhi in two months.

In January, India announced a $ 900 million loan to Sri Lanka to build up its depleted foreign reserves and for food imports, amid a shortage of almost all essential commodities in the country.

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