Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks at a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

SL PM congratulates Modi for ‘magnificent victory’

May 23, 2019

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as the BJP-led NDA government appeared set to retain power for a second term at the Centre…reports Asian Lite News

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks at a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

“Congratulations to @narendramodi on a magnificent victory! We look forward to working closely with you,” Wickremesinghe tweeted.

Around 67 per cent of the nearly 900 million voters in India exercised their franchise in the seven-phase elections that began on April 11 and ended on May 19.

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