Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that Tokyo will coordinate with other Sri Lanka creditors on the latter’s debt issue.
According to Reuters, Shunichi Suzuki said it was important for all creditor nations of Sri Lanka to gather to discuss Colombo’s debt issue.
He further revealed that Tokyo would coordinate with other creditors on the matter.
Earlier this month, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka would ask Japan to invite the main creditor nations to talks on restructuring bilateral debts.
However, earlier today, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said his country was not in talks with Sri Lanka to hold such a meeting.
“We are having various interactions with the Sri Lanka side, but no preparation is going on with Sri Lanka for holding such talks,” Hayashi told a regular news conference. (NewsWire)