Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabral was the notable absentee at the discussion between President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and senior IMF officials today.

The top-lebel IMF delegation included its Asia Pacific Director Dr. Changyong Rhee, Deputy Director Dr. Anne Marie Gulde-Wolf and the IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Secretary to the President Gamini Senarath, Chief Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Additional Secretary Chandima Wickremasinghe were also present at the meeting.