Nepali Congress congratulates Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala on Thursday congratulated Mahinda Rajapaksa on his victory in the presidential election of Sri Lanka for the second time.

In a congratulatory message sent to the President Rajapaksa, the five-time prime minister of Nepal also wished him a successful tenure.

´Your victory to the post of President is the result of your vital role to the establishment of peace, ending longtime armed conflict in Sri Lanka," NC President Koirala stated in the congratulatory message. NC is the second largest party in the 601-member Constituent Assembly.

Koirala expressed confidence that the peace and human rights would be institutionalized in the Island nation and age-old relations between Nepal and Sri Lanka would gain further heights during Rajapaksa´s second terms of office.

- Asian Tribune -