President Rajapaksa has extended his congratulations to the newly appointed Prime Minister of Nepal.
President Rajapaksa has written to the new Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to congratulate him on his assumption of office this month.
The President said that his election is a reflection of his wide acceptance among the Nepali people at this critical juncture in their political and constitutional history.
President Rajapaksa, in the letter, also commented on the historically strong relations that Sri Lanka and Nepal have maintained throughout the years.
Prime Minister Koirala received more than two-thirds of the vote in Nepal’s Parliament with 405 lawmakers voting in favor of his appointment as the country’s new premier.
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