ADB President here today

Haruhiko Kuroda

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda will visit Sri Lanka today.

He will pledge ADB's continuing support for the Government's post-war reconstruction and development programs. During the visit - his first as ADB President to Sri Lanka - Kuroda is scheduled to meet top government officials and discuss ADB's ongoing assistance for the country's efforts to rebuild basic infrastructure, especially in the war-affected Northern and Eastern provinces.

Sri Lanka's decades-old civil conflict ended one year ago in May 2009.

As of April 30, ADB has approved loans totaling $212 million to the country for this year.