"Sri Lanka achieved 7.2 Economic Growth" Mahinda Says addressing G 11

"Although confronted by many challenges, Sri Lanka sustained an economic growth in excess of 7.2 percent during 2006 – a further improvement from the growth of 6.2 percent in 2005." said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the G11 Summit in Jordan yesterday (19)

"Unemployment declined to 6 percent. Exports grew by around 8 percent. We have attracted overseas remittances of over 2 billion US Dollars. We managed to attract foreign investment in excess of 600 million US Dollars" he added

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