Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake represented Sri Lanka at this meeting which started on May 2 and scheduled to end yesterday. Finance Ministers representing 67 countries of the Asian Development Bank and more than 3000 expertise in the finance sector participated at this meeting. This time the theme of the meeting is "Cooperating for Sustainability."
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that Sri Lanka has achieved many specific advantages at this meeting. The Minister briefed that special attention of the Finance Ministers representing ADB counties was focused on Sri Lanka at this new political situation prevailed at the country. Sri Lanka has obtained distinctive opportunity to participate for the first business session and the Minister Karunanayake also got the opportunity to participate at the special meeting of Finance Ministers in which he delivered the keynote address.
Addressing the Finance Ministers of ADB countries the Minister stated that broader economic plan has been implemented in Sri Lanka as there is new enhanced political situation.
He also said that now Sri Lanka is getting international cooperation as more attention of the global community has been focused on us. Investment opportunities are existing in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan government is supposed to give the required assistance in this regard and Sri Lanka expects the assistance of the ADB as well as the Finance Ministers represent it in this endeavor to uplift countries economy, the Minister further said.
Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake held individual discussions with Finance Ministers of many countries during the ADB meeting. Discussion with the Japanese Finance Minister, Tarō Asō is of utmost important since the cooperation between Sri Lanka and
Tarō Asō said that they extent their continuous cooperation for future development in Sri Lanka.