{"id":317261,"date":"2019-11-29T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T09:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=317261"},"modified":"2019-11-29T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T09:18:41","slug":"president-rajapaksa-visit-will-strengthen-bonds-between-two-countries-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-rajapaksa-visit-will-strengthen-bonds-between-two-countries-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"President Rajapaksa visit will strengthen bonds between two countries: PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; 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-317262 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/modiRajapaksa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/modiRajapaksa.jpg 742w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/modiRajapaksa-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/modiRajapaksa-696x551.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/modiRajapaksa-531x420.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the visit of newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will help strengthen the bonds between the two countries and energise the partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Happy to receive @GotabayaR on his first overseas visit as the President of Sri Lanka. His visit is a testimony to the time-tested ties between India and Sri Lanka and will help strengthen our bonds as well as energise our partnership,&#8221; PM Modi said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar earlier in a tweet said, \u201cA new chapter in our 2500 years old intertwined history. PM @narendramodi welcomed President @GotabayaR ahead of their talks. President @GotabayaR\u2019s is on his maiden visit to India in his capacity as President of Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Rajapaksa also paid his respects to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA heartfelt homage. President @GotabayaR pays his respects to Bapu at #Rajghat,\u201d Kumar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Rajapaksa was accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan today morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRolling out the red carpet A 21-gun salute welcomed the Sri Lankan President @GotabayaR as he was greeted by #PresidentKovind &amp; PM @narendramodi during the ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan,\u201d Kumar added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI am greatly honored by the warm reception and the hand of friendship extended by His Excellencies @narendramodi and @rashtrapatibhvn and look forward to reciprocating the hospitality soon in #LKA,\u201d Rajapaksa tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rajapaksha also met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and discussed a range of bilateral issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is Rajapaksa&#8217;s first overseas visit since assuming office.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the visit of newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will help strengthen the bonds between the two countries and energise the partnership. &#8220;Happy to receive @GotabayaR on his first overseas visit as the President of Sri Lanka. 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