Sri Lanka on Saturday invited Japan to resume investment in projects related to energy, roads and ports as Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi wrapped up the first high-level visit to the crisis-hit country in nearly four years.
Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said his country was seeking Japanese investment in sectors such as power, infrastructure and dedicated investment zones, as well as in the green and digital economies.
The South Asian island nation is working to restructure its massive debt to continue a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund, after its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades last year triggered default and the resignation of its president.