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Sri Lanka signs $2.5b debt deal with Japan

Japan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka Akio Isomata (left) with Sri Lanka finance ministry secretary Mahinda Siriwardana after signing the debt restructuring agreement (Ishara S. KODIKARA) Sri Lanka signed a deal with Japan Friday to restructure $2.5 billion in loans, marking the first agreement with bilateral creditors who had pledged debt relief to the cash-strapped nation…