{"id":317244,"date":"2019-11-29T03:55:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=317244"},"modified":"2019-11-29T03:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:59:49","slug":"sri-lankan-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-to-hold-talks-with-prime-minister-modi-in-new-delhi-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sri-lankan-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-to-hold-talks-with-prime-minister-modi-in-new-delhi-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to hold talks with Prime Minister Modi\u00a0in New Delhi today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317245 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gotabaya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/gotabaya.jpg 678w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/gotabaya-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/gotabaya-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/gotabaya-591x420.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who arrived in the national capital on Thursday on a three-day visit, will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Both leaders will discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Rajapaksa will later call on President Ram Nath Kovind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Before leaving for New Delhi, President Rajapaksa in a tweet said that he was looking forward to strengthening bilateral relations with India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cLeaving for my first state visit to India and looking forward to strengthening bilateral relations with Shri @narendramodi and Govt of India,\u201d Rajapaksa tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Following President Rajapaksa\u2019s arrival in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the President Rajapaksa\u2019s visit at the Prime Minister Modi invitation, demonstrated the strength and dynamism of India-Sri Lanka relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA civilisational relationship nurtured through millennia President @GotabayaR on his first overseas visit since assuming office arrives in India on a State visit at PM @narendramodi\u2019s invitation, demonstrating the strength &amp; dynamism of relations. #NeighbourhoodFirst,\u201d Kumar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rajapaksa had defeated his nearest rival Sajith Premadasa by more than 13 lakh votes in the recently-concluded presidential elections in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who arrived in the national capital on Thursday on a three-day visit, will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. Both leaders will discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. President Rajapaksa will later call on President Ram Nath Kovind. 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