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Sri Lankan PM requests patience as UN calls for relief funds

A woman stands by empty vessels that are seen tied up in a line to secure positions of a queue for buying kerosine oil outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A woman stands by empty vessels that are seen tied up in a line to secure positions of a queue for buying kerosine oil outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A woman collects timber washed ashore to use as firewood amid cooking gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 6, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Women collect timber washed ashore to be used as firewood amid cooking gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 6, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan army soldiers secure a deserted fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait expecting to buy kerosine oil outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan children play during a power cut in their neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka's new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lankan PM requests patience as UN calls for relief funds