Sri Lanka declared default according to external obligations

Moscow, on April 12 - newspaper "Argumenty i fakty". Ministry of Finance of Republic of Sri Lanka declared a suspension of payments according to all external obligations of the country, reports information agency "ITAR-TASS". In the resolution of the ministry it is told that today freezing of payments on all external debts for a certain period of time for the correct restructuring of the obligations according to the supported International Monetary Fund the program of economic transformations becomes its policy. Earlier it was reported that Sri Lanka free of charge prolonged for two months of the visa to tourists from Russian Federation and Ukraine. The authorities of the island state declared that in the territory of their country...