
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka is on course to avert a balance of payments crisis this year, the country's central bank chief says, expressing confidence in the island nation's ability to secure aid from both China and India to repay looming debts.
The South Asian country intends to use its politically important location in bailout negotiations, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Gov. Indrajit Coomaraswamy told the Nikkei Asian Review in an interview on Jan. 24.