World Bank visits Sri Lanka, Sirisena requests four years of assistance

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May 24, 2016
Sri Lanka has requested assistance from the World Bank for the next four years, reports the Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence.

A delegation of 12 officials from the World Bank is currently in Sri Lanka for the first time in 34 years to review progress of existing projects and review its credit facilities to Sri Lanka.

President Maithripala Sirisena met with the World Bank delegation at his residence on Tuesday, and highlighted progress that he had made in transferring the executive powers of the presidency to parliament.

The world expressed its satisfaction over Sri Lanka’s method of employing world bank assistance in the development process and the transparency in the procurement procedure, said the Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence in a statement published on its website.

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