Indian delegation reaches Colombo to assess Sri Lanka's economic crisis

Sri Lanka is currently facing its worst economic crisis in seventy years

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Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948.

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Sri Lanka's total external debt is $51 billion

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Colombo, Jun 23 Four senior Indian government officials, including Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, arrived here to assess the economic crisis.

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delegation will hold talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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There has been an acute shortage of essential commodities like food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel.

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Indian High Commission officials said Foreign Secretary Kwatra led the delegation

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