President leaves for India to attend Modi’s swearing
Posted by Editor on May 30, 2019 - 7:24 am
President Maithripala Sirisena has left for India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held in New Delhi today (30). PM Narendra Modi secured a second resounding victory in the recently concluded General Elections in India.
On Friday, President Sirisena tweeted: “It was a pleasure to congratulate Prime Minister Modi (@narendramodi) over the phone a while ago. I shared thoughts that Sri Lanka too celebrates along with the world’s largest democracy, on his re-election. We look forward to work together to further develop our bilateral ties.”

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