The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was already communicating with Sri Lanka's new economic team. "We are discussing the next steps for engagement" IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer said in an emailed statement,

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday that he plans to begin negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately to take forward the country's $2.9 billion bailout programme.

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he will soon resume discussions with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to plot a way out of the worst economic crisis in the country’s history.