Sri Lanka President To Visit China Ahead of Budget

File image of Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP

Sri Lanka’s president will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender, China, next week ahead of his first national budget, the information minister said Tuesday.

The visit comes a month ahead of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s first budget, which is expected to outline his plans to sustain the country’s painful recovery from its worst economic meltdown in 2022.

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