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FILE- Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol near a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 13, 2022. Sri Lankans are facing a severe economic crisis that has ravaged household budgets amid high inflation. Staple foods are in short supply, along with medicines.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE- Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol near a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 13, 2022. Sri Lankans are facing a severe economic crisis that has ravaged household budgets amid high inflation. Staple foods are in short supply, along with medicines.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A man cooks food with firewood for his roadside eatery, amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man cooks food with firewood for his roadside eatery, amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man pulls fallen coconut leaves to be used as firewood amid shortage of cooking gas along a usually congested road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man pulls fallen coconut leaves to be used as firewood amid shortage of cooking gas along a usually congested road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

FILE- A Buddhist nun falls next to a barricade after inhaling tear gas during a protest against the economic crisis outside police headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 9, 2022. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Wednesday that Sri Lanka’s economy has collapsed after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE- A Buddhist nun falls next to a barricade after inhaling tear gas during a protest against the economic crisis outside police headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 9, 2022. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Wednesday that Sri Lanka’s economy has collapsed after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A man cooks food with firewood for his roadside eatery, amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man cooks food with firewood for his roadside eatery, amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A woman cooks using a firewood hearth outside her house amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A woman cooks using a firewood hearth outside her house amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man waits to buy kerosene oil standing by a line of empty canisters placed outside a fuel station amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A man waits to buy kerosene oil standing by a line of empty canisters placed outside a fuel station amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)