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  "title": "IMF Team Statement on Sri Lanka",
  "publication": "IMF News, April 23, 2022",
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  "publishDate": "2022-04-23",
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      "heading": "Meeting and participants",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 22/129\n- Date: April 23, 2022\n- Location: Washington, DC (during the 2022 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings)\n- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other senior members of IMF management met with a Sri Lankan delegation led by:\n  - Finance Minister Ali Sabry\n  - Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe\n- IMF mission chief for Sri Lanka: Masahiro Nozaki"
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    {
      "heading": "Key discussion points from April 18–22 technical discussions",
      "content": "- Covered recent economic and financial developments in Sri Lanka.\n- Discussed the need for implementing a credible and coherent strategy to restore macroeconomic stability.\n- Emphasized the importance of stronger social safety nets to mitigate the adverse impact of the current economic crisis on the poor and vulnerable.\n- Welcomed the authorities’ plan to engage in a collaborative dialogue with their creditors."
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      "heading": "IMF team findings and commitments",
      "content": "- The IMF team described the April 18–22 discussions with the Sri Lankan delegation as \"fruitful technical discussions\" on the authorities’ request for an IMF-supported program.\n- The IMF team will support Sri Lanka’s efforts to overcome the current economic crisis by:\n  - Working closely with the authorities on their economic program.\n  - Engaging with all other stakeholders in support of a timely resolution of the crisis."
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      "heading": "Contact and media relations",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS — PRESS OFFICER: Ting Yan\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: Press Release No. 22/129, April 23, 2022.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Sri Lanka and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2022/04/23/pr22129-imf-team-statement-on-sri-lanka"
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    "Emphasized the importance of stronger social safety nets to mitigate the adverse impact of the current economic crisis on the poor and vulnerable.",
    "Welcomed the authorities’ plan to engage in a collaborative dialogue with their creditors.",
    "The IMF team described the April 18–22 discussions with the Sri Lankan delegation as \"fruitful technical discussions\" on the authorities’ request for an IMF-supported program.",
    "The IMF team will support Sri Lanka’s efforts to overcome the current economic crisis by:",
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    "MEDIA RELATIONS — PRESS OFFICER: Ting Yan",
    "Phone: +1 202 623-7100",
    "Email: MEDIA@IMF.org",
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