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  by Sanath Nanayakkare I wish there were more foreign exchange reserves in the country so that we would have been able to utilise it as and when the need arose, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, the State Minister of Finance, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms said in Colombo yesterday. He said so while speaking at an online media briefing organised by the Department of Government Information yesterday on the topic ‘Will the economy collapse? Will GSP+ be withdrawn?’ moderated by journalist Shyam Nuwan Ganewatta of our sister newspaper. When asked whether Sri Lanka’s current foreign reserves standing at or a little under US$ 4 billion was not a cause for concern for him, the state minister replied,” I wish there were more foreign reserves so that we would have been able to utilise it as and when the need arose. When Mahinda Rajapaksa administration handed over the government to Yahapalanaya Administration (YA) in 2015, the foreign reserves stood at US$ 8.2 billion. And

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