President Murmu felicitates Sri Lankan counterpart; hopes for more potent 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 international locations will reinforce additional.

President of India, Droupadi Murmu. (Record photograph/PTI)

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

Wickremesinghe used to be sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 8th president on July 21 after he used to be elected by means of lawmakers to prevail Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the rustic and resigned within the face of public riot towards his govt for mismanaging the financial system. The 73-year-old veteran flesh presser will serve out the remainder of his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s time period, which leads to November 2024.

“President of India felicitated H.E President @RW_UNP. Wishing luck to the President of Sri Lanka in her letter, Rashtrapati famous that #India’s dedication to the folk of Sri Lanka is guided by means of the ‘Neighbourhood First’ coverage,” the Indian Top Fee right here tweeted on Friday.

President of India felicitated H.E President @RW_UNP.Wishing luck to the President of Sri Lanka in her letter,Rashtrapati famous that #India’s dedication to the folk of Sri Lanka is guided by means of the ‘Neighbourhood First’coverage. 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 in accordance with shared heritage and deep people-to-people ties will reinforce additional, it stated.

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

The President’s felicitation to her new Sri Lankan counterpart Wickremesinghe got here days after High Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him and stated that India will proceed to be supportive of the search of the folk of the island country for balance and financial restoration, thru established democratic way.

Modi additionally conveyed to Wickremesinghe that he seemed ahead to operating carefully with the brand new Sri Lankan President for the mutual good thing about humans and strengthening the age-old, shut and pleasant family members between the 2 international locations, the Indian Top Fee tweeted on Tuesday.

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