Sri Lanka admits its fuel is running out Busy running for an urgent loan to continue breathing

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Sri Lanka admits its fuel is running out Busy running for an urgent loan to continue breathing
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister admits The crisis in the country is at an extremely frightening stage. When the fuel is running out And the government is accelerating to find funding to support the country's economy.

Foreign news agencies reported from Colombo. Sri Lanka on May 17 that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made aเอ็กโอ วอลเลทstatement about the social and economic situation in Sri Lanka. that the fuel in the country's reserves enough to use "Only one more day" and warned that Sri Lanka is facing hard times for livelihoods. continued for several months by the situation, everything will “The worse before the better”


At the same time, Vikram Singh spoke about the amount of international reserves. From an estimated $7.5 billion (about $259,102.50 million) in November 2019, it is now “almost there.” However, the government needs to raise at least $75 million from outside funding. baht) within the next few days. to maintain liquidity That includes the use of prepaid energy bills. Because the power cut has to be increased to 15 hours a day now and the import of many necessities. especially medicine





Anti-government protesters of Sri Lanka confront the police. In front of the National Police Office in Colombo




Sri Lanka's Prime Minister also mentioned The privatization plan of SriLankan Airlines, the national airline. which has been experiencing continuous losses for many years and obtaining approval from the council Add Treasury bill printing or short-term debt securities with maturity of less than 1 year from 3 trillion Sri Lankan rupees (approximately 296,737.93 million baht) to 4 trillion Sri Lankan rupees (approximately 395,650.57 million baht).


Sri Lanka is currently facing its worst economic crisis. Since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, the masses protested against the government that It was the result of a gross mismanagement of the economy by President Kota Phaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The situation escalated into a massive protest last week. At least nine people were killed and more than 300 were injured.


Although the elder Rajapaksa resigned from his position as Prime Minister But it hardly helped alleviate the severity of the situation. Because the people who resisted insisted that The younger Rajapaksa had to resign from the presidency as well.
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