COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's diplomatic failure to secure a concrete debt relief framework from China, its largest bilateral lender, is blocking access to desperately needed cash under a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
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Sri Lanka's debt negotiations with China are seen as a sticking point holding up arrangements with other creditors, as the bankrupt South Asian country seeks to unlock more support from the International Monetary Fund. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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