Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit New Delhi on November 29

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  • Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit New Delhi on November 29, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said after meeting him here on Tuesday evening
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  • Gotabaya’s visit to New Delhi, his likely first trip abroad as President, comes months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Colombo in a goodwill gesture following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks. 
  • PM Modi first to congratulate Gotabaya: Mr. Modi was among the first international leaders to congratulate Mr. Gotabaya, on Twitter and on the phone, after his decisive victory in the November 16 election.
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The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 20th Nov 2019