Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: HYDEPARK
Episode: JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO SRI LANKA MIZUKOSHI HIDEAKI JOINS ‘AT HYDEPARK WITH INDEEWARI AMUWATTE
Description: Joining ‘At Hydepark with Indeewari Amuwatte’, Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mizukoshi Hideaki says his country expects an early conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding on debt treatment between Sri Lanka and the Official Creditor Committee - co-chaired by Japan, France, and India, adding that debt restructuring is a crucial step for Sri Lanka to restore the island nation’s debt sustainability.
Highlighting that the Japanese government had to suspend all yen loan projects following Sri Lanka’s debt standstill announcement in 2022, the Japanese Envoy in Colombo said funding for all suspended projects will resume, especially for construction of Terminal...