President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met Johannes Zutt, the Vice President for the South Asia Region of the World Bank Group and a delegation of its representatives visiting Sri Lanka today (15) at the Presidential Secretariat.
During the discussion, the World Bank has commended Sri Lanka’s current economic programme, according to the President’s Media Division.
Attention was drawn to key sectors that could yield short-term benefits such as digitalization, tourism, agriculture and infrastructure development, while discussions also focused on the development of the Northern and Eastern Provinces, the PMD stated.
Highlighting the government’s dedication to preserving the current economic stability of the country while progressing towards growth, President Dissanayake has requested the World Bank’s support in sharing Sri Lanka’s political, social and economic progress with the wider world.
