A bilateral meeting took place between Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Local Government of New Zealand Nanaia Mahuta on June 22 on the sidelines of the CHOGM Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
Foreign Minister Peiris briefed his New Zealand counterpart about the staff level discussions currently taking place with the IMF in Colombo and the support which the country is receiving from bilateral donors as well as multilateral institutions in respect of supplies of food, fuel and medicines. He underlined the importance of bridging finance during the next few weeks. The New Zealand Foreign Minister agreed to look into the possibility of support from New Zealand and the Commonwealth.
