Australia provides financial support of USD 50 million to Sri Lanka

Australia has announced to provide 50 million US dollars support to Sri Lanka for meet urgent food and health care needs.

Presently, Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in 70 years, which leads to food shortage, medicine and fuel.

Australia will provide 22 million dollars to the World Food Programme (WFP) for emergency food assistance to meet their daily nutritional needs and 23 million dollars in development assistance to Sri Lanka in 2022-23.