Sri Lanka signs $500 million credit line for fuel with India

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The Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) will provide the credit line for purchasing petroleum products, India’s High Commission in Sri Lanka’s main city Colombo said on Twitter.

Reuters

February 02, 2022 / 06:13 PM IST

Sri Lanka signed a $ 500 million credit line with India to import fuel on Wednesday, officials said, as the island nation seeks to stave off rolling power cuts amid a foreign exchange crisis that has hampered purchases of diesel for power plants.

The Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) will provide the credit line for purchasing petroleum products, India’s High Commission in Sri Lanka’s main city Colombo said on Twitter.

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