Sri Lanka, noted with concern that increased international financing and moratorium on debt are required for developing countries at this time of crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Reiterating its call to give special attention to the Middle-Income countries (MICs), Sri Lanka said it will join the UN Secretary General’s call to broaden the eligibility for G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and to include the MICs.

Delivering a statement at the 31st Special Session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on 03/04 December 2020, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said Sri Lanka has been managing the spread of COVID-19 through the strict adherence to the Universal Health Precautions and with a whole-of-government approach, targeting zero transmission.

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