Sri Lanka, Nov. 29 -- Shrugging off concerns raised by certain parties in recent times over the country's ability to meet its foreign currency debt obligations falling due next year, the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said the provisions had already been made and thus nobody should have any doubts over the country's ability to service its debt.

Responding to critics and detractors who find fault with the manner in which the economy is managed at present and see the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the panacea for the economic ills facing the country, Cabraal said either with or without the Fund, the country must confront its foreign currency debt problem and the government had chosen the less painful path to deal with the...