The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka “as quickly as possible,” Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday, quoting IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

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Speaking with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, Georgieva said the fund was “very deeply concerned about the well-being of the people in Sri Lanka,” which has been gripped by severe shortages of fuel, food and other essentials after its foreign reserves dried up.