President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (proper) greets Ranil Wickremesinghe throughout the latter’s oath taking ceremony as the brand new prime minister, in Colombo on Thursday. (Photo: AP)
The newly-appointed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, mentioned he seems ahead to nearer ties with India throughout his time period and thanked India for its financial help to the nation because it tackles the financial disaster.
Wickremesinghe was sworn in because the twenty sixth Prime Minister of the nation on Thursday, changing Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resigned amid widespread protests within the nation. The High Commission of India in Colombo, welcomed Wickremesinghe, saying that it hopes for political stability and appears ahead to working with the Government of Sri Lanka fashioned in accordance with democratic processes. “India’s commitment to the people of Sri Lanka will continue,” the High Commission mentioned in a tweet.
Meanwhile, a Sri Lankan court docket Thursday issued a journey ban on erstwhile prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son Namal Rajapaksa and 15 others. Mahinda is at present beneath safety on the Trincomalee naval base. The Fort Magistrate’s Court barred them from touring abroad because of the investigations happening on the assaults on the GotaGoGama and MynaGoGama peaceable protest websites on Monday, Reuters quoted media experiences as saying.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
