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US $ 500 million loan from China

China will endorse a US $ 500 million loan and a currency swap arrangement of two billion Yuan (around US $ 600 million) to Sri Lanka within the next couple of weeks…

http://epaper.island.lk/paper/2021/03/06

The Island

2021-03-06

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