Total external debt of the country
$11 700 million as of December 31, 2003, representing 64,1% of GDP (IMF report dated September 13, 2005)
$6 235 million of which being due to Paris Club as of January 01, 2005
Amounts treated
Categories of debt treated
100% of the amounts of principal and interest due from 01/01/2005 up to 31/12/2005 on loans from Governments or appropriate institutions of the Participating Creditor Countries, having an original maturity of more than one year, concluded before 01/01/2005, shall be deferred
Repayment profile
Treatment under Ad Hoc terms
Specific provisions
De minimis threshold of 15 000 SDR
Payment of non-consolidated amounts before September 30, 2005
Organisation of the session
The meeting was chaired by M. Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chairman of the Paris Club.
The head of the debtor country's delegation was Mme Chitranganee Wagiswara, Ambassador designate of the Republic of Sri Lanka.