Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after he secured over 42 per cent votes within the Saturday polls.
Modi famous Sri Lanka’s particular place in India’s Neighbourhood First Coverage and Imaginative and prescient SAGAR and stated he regarded ahead to working carefully with the brand new Sri Lankan chief.
“Congratulations @anuradisanayake, in your victory within the Sri Lankan Presidential elections,” Modi stated in a submit on X.
Congratulations @anuradisanayake, in your victory within the Sri Lankan Presidential elections. Sri Lanka holds a particular place in India’s Neighbourhood First Coverage and Imaginative and prescient SAGAR. I stay up for working carefully with you to additional strengthen our multifaceted cooperation for…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 22, 2024
“Sri Lanka holds a particular place in India’s Neighbourhood First Coverage and Imaginative and prescient SAGAR. I stay up for working carefully with you to additional strengthen our multifaceted cooperation for the good thing about our individuals and all the area,” he added.
Dissanayake thanked PM Modi for his message and stated that he shares the latter’s dedication to strengthening the ties between the 2 nation. “Thanks, Prime Minister Modi, on your type phrases and help. I share your dedication to strengthening the ties between our nations. Collectively, we are able to work in direction of enhancing cooperation for the good thing about our peoples and all the area,” he stated in response.
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India’s Excessive Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha additionally referred to as on President-elect Dissanayake and conveyed greetings from India’s management.
HC @santjha referred to as on 🇱🇰 President-elect @anuradisanayake. Conveyed greetings from India’s management and congratulated him on successful the individuals’s mandate. 🇮🇳 as 🇱🇰’s civilisational twin is dedicated to additional deepen ties for the prosperity of the individuals of our two nations. pic.twitter.com/l5qUxmAcA1
— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) September 22, 2024
“HC @santjha referred to as on Sri Lankan President-elect @anuradisanayake. Conveyed greetings from India’s management and congratulated him on successful the individuals’s mandate. India as Sri Lanka’s civilisational twin is dedicated to additional deepen ties for the prosperity of the individuals of our two nations,” stated the Indian Excessive Fee in Sri Lanka in a submit on X.
The 55-year-old Marxist-leaning chief, Dissanayake is scheduled to be sworn in on Monday. He’s the top of the Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP) celebration which is a part of the Nationwide Individuals’s Energy (NPP), an alliance that he leads.
From a fringe chief whose celebration had solely three seats within the Parliament, Dissanayake and his celebration paved its approach to prominence through the 2022 mass protests. His pitch for powerful anti-corruption measures and extra pro-poor insurance policies made him a well-liked selection.
Sri Lanka held elections to elect its new president on Saturday for the primary time for the reason that mass protests in 2022 which led the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign from the submit and flee the nation.