The discussions between the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who arrived in Sri Lanka this (20) morning and the government of Sri Lanka were initially scheduled to be held at the Ministry of Finance, but the event was shifted to the Prime Minister’s Office due to the anti-government protesters being present near the ministerial entrance.
The vehicles carrying the IMF delegation could not reach the Finance Ministry as the road near the Lotus Roundabout was blocked by the protesters. The protests blocked the other gates of the Presidential Secretariat as well.
It is in this backdrop were the IMF talks shifted to the Prime Minister’s Office, according to sources.
