Sri Lanka Will Ask Japan to Lead Debt Restructuring Talks With Main Creditors China, India: President

Sri Lanka Will Ask Japan to Lead Debt Restructuring Talks With Main Creditors China, India: President
Ranil Wickremesinghe in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 1, 2016. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
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Sri Lanka’s president said Thursday that he would ask Japan to initiate debt restructuring talks with Sri Lanka’s main creditors, including China and India, as the crisis-hit nation strives to revive its collapsed economy.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would travel to Japan in September to discuss the matter with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.