Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The government has taken proactive measures to address much of its major external debt obligations for 2019 despite the possible negative impact for Sri Lankan economy, owing to recent Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said, that investors must understand that the fundamentals of the economy have not substantively changed negative short term impact for both FDI and portfolio investment.

Minister Samaraweera said the government has taken measures to address the challenging debt repayments in 2019. Accordingly, the external financing objectives were front loaded enabling the government to raise US$ 2.4 billion at favorable rates in March.

"Sri Lankan government has successfull...