The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Wasantha Samarasinghe, using Government time, responded to remarks by Ravi Karunanayake regarding foreign reserves. He rejected the claim that reserves had fallen to USD 4.2 billion, stating that official reserves were about USD 6.3 billion and cautioning against relying solely on a newspaper report.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, with your leave, I will take one minute from Government time to respond to two points by Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. He said reserves fell to USD 4.2 billion—that is incorrect. Official reserves are about USD 6.3 billion. We cannot rely on a newspaper line alone.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 13 November 2025 ·No. 22816 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27055