President Murmu felicitates Sri Lankan counterpart; hopes for stronger bilateral ties

President Droupadi Murmu felicitated her newly-appointed Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe and expressed hope that the long-standing bilateral partnership between each nations will strengthen additional.

President of India, Droupadi Murmu. (File picture/PTI)

President Droupadi Murmu has expressed hope that the long-standing bilateral partnership between India and Sri Lanka primarily based on shared heritage and deep people-to-people ties will strengthen additional as she felicitated her newly-appointed Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president on July 21 after he was elected by lawmakers to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the nation and resigned within the face of public revolt in opposition to his authorities for mismanaging the economic system. The 73-year-old veteran politician will serve out the remainder of his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s time period, which ends in November 2024.

“President of India felicitated H.E President @RW_UNP. Wishing success to the President of Sri Lanka in her letter, Rashtrapati noted that #India’s commitment to the people of Sri Lanka is guided by the ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy,” the Indian High Commission right here tweeted on Friday.

President of India felicitated H.E President @RW_UNP.Wishing success to the President of Sri Lanka in her letter,Rashtrapati famous that #India’s dedication to the folks of Sri Lanka is guided by the ‘Neighbourhood First’policy. She additionally expressed hope that the long-standing 1/2

— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) July 29, 2022

The President additionally expressed hope that the long-standing India-Sri Lanka bilateral partnership primarily based on shared heritage and deep people-to-people ties will strengthen additional, it stated.

Murmu, 64, took over as India’s fifteenth president on Monday, the nation’s first tribal head of state and the second lady within the submit.

The President’s felicitation to her new Sri Lankan counterpart Wickremesinghe got here days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him and stated that India will proceed to be supportive of the hunt of the folks of the island nation for stability and financial restoration, by means of established democratic means.

Modi additionally conveyed to Wickremesinghe that he seemed ahead to working intently with the brand new Sri Lankan President for the mutual profit of individuals and strengthening the age-old, shut and pleasant relations between the 2 nations, the Indian High Commission tweeted on Tuesday.

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