Sri Lanka faces ‘great danger’
Sri Lanka faces a "great danger" with fuel shortages sparked by its unprecedented economic crisis set to continue at least till the year's end, President Ranil Wickremesinghe warned yesterday. The 73-year-old, who was propelled to power last month after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country and resign after months of protests, said the financial meltdown had turned into a serious political crisis. "Today we are facing an unprecedented situation that our country had never faced in recent history," he said while opening a new session of parliament. "We are in great danger." Wickremesinghe said the only way to escape the crisis was "if we all face this challenge together as one people," and asked all parties in parliament to join his initiative for a "unity government".
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