Colombo: Sri Lanka’s outgoing finance minister said on Thursday said that it must urgently seek funds from multilateral lenders and aim to restructure a debt payment due in July. The country is suffering from political instability amid its worst economic crisis in decades. The opposition and some partners of the ruling coalition rejected calls this week for a unity government from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

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