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The domestic debt restructure is needed to help the country reach the IMF programme goal of reducing overall debt to 95% of GDP by 2032. WHAT WILL THE DOMESTIC DEBT RESTRUCTURING INCLUDE? "We are asking foreign debt holders for a 30% haircut but that is still under discussion," Weerasinghe said. This will be implemented in Phase 2 of the domestic debt restructuring. Aiming to contain any potential market volatility, Sri Lanka declared a five-day holiday from June 29 to July 3.
Persons: Read, Nandalal Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe, Mahinda Siriwardana, CBSL, Uditha Jayasinghe, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Kim Coghill, Emelia Organizations: International Monetary Fund, IMF, Sri Lanka Development, Bank of Sri, Treasury, Sri, Thomson Locations: Colombo, Sri Lanka, Britain, Bank of Sri Lanka, China, Japan, India
"The IMF programme and economic reform agenda will reconstitute Sri Lanka's financial buffers," Weerasinghe said in the emailed statement. "I thank the official creditors for joining this productive meeting where we were able to discuss Sri Lanka's current financial position and progress on reforms." Sri Lanka defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in May. Japan, India and China are Sri Lanka's largest bilateral creditors, while China's EximBank accounts for about $3.8 billion in loans extended to Colombo to fund large scale infrastructure projects. Earlier on Thursday, S&P Global Ratings lowered ratings on multiple Sri Lanka bonds to its lowest rating "D", from "CC", following missed interest payments on Sept. 14 and 28.
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