Financial Times

Donors to meet in Kandy
Donors of the Sri Lanka Development Forum, formerly known as the Paris Aid Group meeting, will next meet in Kandy from May 15-17 with former US President Bill Clinton also attending the conference.

Explaining reasons for changing the venue of the meeting, Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama told The Sunday Times FT that, "for a change we decided to have it in Kandy (instead of Colombo)."

He said unlike in the past where donor meetings are held annually in Paris, the government has changed that to quarterly meetings in Colombo at mostly ambassador level.

At a press conference on Thursday, the Finance Minister said Clinton, currently a special US government tsunami aid representative, has been invited to attend the meeting.

The meeting is expected to discuss tsunami aid pledges by donors, inflows, donor funding for the next year and the peace process and its progress.

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