Sri Lanka, March 7 -- Speaking to the Hiru News team, Former Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister of Money, Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms stated that the decline in the country's foreign exchange reserves is not a problem.

At the end of February, Sri Lanka's foreign exchange reserves had fallen to US$ 4.6 billion.

According to the Central Bank's interim estimates, the reserves fell despite a US$ 400 million exchange rate exchange with the Reserve Bank of India.

Sri Lanka's foreign exchange reserves stood at US$ 4.8 billion at the end of January, up from US$ 5.6 billion at the end of last year.

We inquired from Dr. Nandasiri Kimbiyahetti, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of...