Britain to oppose a US $2.5 billion IMF loan to Sri Lanka...

Britain was poised tonight to take an unprecedented stand against a US $2.5 billion loan being extended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Sri Lanka because of fears over the humanitarian situation in the county. 

A British Government source said that that it was “not the right time to go forward” with the loan, because Sri Lanka is forcibly detaining nearly 300,000 mostly Tamil refugees in internment camps and spending a large proportion of its wealth on its military - even though the country’s bloody 26-year civil war ended in May. 

The source said: “The current situation on the ground means that we do not believe that an IMF programme is appropriate, or could be delivered effectively.” More...

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