KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian central bank, Bank Negara, said Thursday that its international reserves stood at 108.5 billion U.S. dollars as of May 31.

The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times the short-term external debt, the bank said in a statement.

The international reserves consisted of 102.1 billion U.S. dollars in foreign currency reserves, 800 million U.S. dollars in International Monetary Fund Reserves Position, 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Rights, 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in gold and 2.8 billion U.S. dollars in other reserves assets.?